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asphyxia

noun/æsˈfɪksiə/

C1CEFR level
68/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A dangerous lack of oxygen supply to the tissues, of particular concern around the time of birth.

The team was prepared to act quickly to prevent asphyxia if the baby did not breathe at once.

Topic: Midwifery & obstetrics in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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