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Dictionary » S » Suffocation Suffocationsuffocation The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking. The term suffocation is sometimes employed synonymously with asphyxia. In the strict medico-legal sense it signifies asphyxia induced by obstruction of the respiration otherwise than by direct pressure on the neck (hanging, strangulation) or submersion (drowning). Origin: L. Suffocatio: cf. F. Suffocation.
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Results from our forumPillBug Evolution Expirement... and i would imagine that would help them get bigger gills along with osmosis junk... because i honestly think thats what they are dieing from not suffocation... i mean 10 hours is a long time to live underwater for not being able to breath... but then again so is 10 minutes and one lived in olive ...
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PillBug Evolution Expirement... was in tap water, and i belive they most likely originated from the ocean, or some other huge salty water mass obviously they are not dieing from suffocation, after all one lasted ten hours. so its either from absorbing to much water, and dieing from that, or something completely different! anyways, ...
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The Fiber Disease... et al., 1996). Fish are particularly susceptible to poisoning because rotenone is absorbed via the gill membrane causing immediate death due to suffocation (Reed et al., 1967, cited in Udolesia & Lebo, 1986). From life cycle studies on fish it has been shown that the early life stages (embryo, ...
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The Fiber Disease... other living organisms, the major parts of it seem to depend on oxygen and glucose. Have any of you, in successfully removing, (e.g. by effective suffocation of the callus, by the application of a totally air tight seal of cream), actually experienced the feeling of panic probably being undergone ...
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Nocturnal Plants... is probably much more dangerous than a tree, even more so if you have any physical activities, yet I haven't heard of any case of death related to suffocation in those conditions.
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