asphyxia vs coma

asphyxia

noun
  • Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia. 

  • Loss of consciousness due to the body's inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing of air lacking oxygen or by the inability of the blood to carry oxygen. 

coma

noun
  • A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma. 

  • A tuft or bunch, such as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree, a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant, or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds. 

  • A cloud of dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet. 

  • A defect characterized by diffuse, pear-shaped images that in an ideal image would appear as points. 

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