a. [f. prec. + -AL 1.] Of, pertaining to, or characterized by asphyxia.

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1836.  Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., I. 802/2. Asphyxial disorders.

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1867.  Pall Mall Gaz., No. 813, 1001/1. The asphyxial stage of cholera.

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