asphyxia vs inertia

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. 

inertia

noun
  • Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased. 

  • In a person, unwillingness to take action. 

  • The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass. 

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