Usually means: Causing deprivation of oxygen, suffocating.
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▸ adjective:  Causing or relating to asphyxiation.

Similar:
asphyxiatory, asphyxial, asphyctic, asphyxic, anoxaemic, hypoxial, hypoxemic, emphysemic, hypoxic, hypercapnic, more...

Opposite:
breathable, ventilated, oxygenated

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Similar:
asphyxiatory, asphyxial, asphyctic, asphyxic, anoxaemic, hypoxial, hypoxemic, emphysemic, hypoxic, hypercapnic, more...

Opposite:
breathable, ventilated, oxygenated



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