asphyxia vs trance

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. 

trance

noun
  • A dazed or unconscious condition. 

  • A tedious journey. 

  • A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being). 

  • A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis. 

verb
  • To create in or via a trance. 

  • To travel quickly over a long distance. 

  • To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance. 

  • To pass across or over; to traverse. 

  • To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge. 

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