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Choke

Choke

1. To prevent respiration by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.

2. Any obstruction of the oesophagus in herbivorous animals by a partly swallowed foreign body.

Origin: M.E. Choken, fr. O.E. Aceocian


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Pretty good article mith....

... the house manager to discuss any possible interactions for that meal. You serve the allergic guest their dish and watch in panic as they begin to choke. They aren't able to breathe and can't locate the epi pen in their pocket/purse. Congrats! You've just killed your guest. How did you do it? The ...

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by ladykat324
Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:50 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
Replies: 299
Views: 485501

An allergy response...

... areas). When this happens, your bronchial tubes become engorged with blood and they constrict. This cuts off your air supply and you in essence, choke to death. Because allergic reactions are so severe this effect can happen in minutes. This past year a girl in Canada who was severly allergic ...

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by ladykat324
Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:54 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Allergy questions
Replies: 18
Views: 2368

http://xkxy.org:Bible exact description of DNA and ATP

... carries air to your lungs intersects the channel which carries food to your stomach -- an arrangement so awkward that it literally can make you choke.

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by mith
Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:05 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: http://xkxy.org:Bible exact description of DNA and ATP
Replies: 76
Views: 12633

The Fiber Disease

... doctor that I just called that balantly lied and said that it was alright to have rubbery seepage (of course I knew better) I could literally choke him. He seems to finds great joy in other's suffering...I usually say that I don't wish this condition on my worst enemy but I have my limits...Hi ...

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by reliefseeker
Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:53 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
Views: 749105

Re: cannibalism

... fit with a food source. "The Argentine horned frog will eat anything smaller than itself, including other Argentine horned frogs. Some even choke to death trying to consume another frog that's just a little too big. More than 1,300 species of animals will eat one of their own kind -- alive. ...

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by kiekyon
Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:50 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: cannibalism
Replies: 16
Views: 2334
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