Hypoxia vs. Suffocation — What's the Difference?

Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching body tissues.

The state or process of dying from being deprived of air or unable to breathe

Depletion of dissolved oxygen in aquatic environments to levels that are detrimental or fatal to aerobic organisms, often caused by eutrophication.

To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen.

(pathology) A condition in which tissues (especially the blood) are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen; anoxia

To impair the breathing of or cause discomfort to by cutting off the supply of fresh air.

A reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in an aquatic environment.

To suppress the development, imagination, or creativity of; stifle

A very strong drive resulting from a deficiency of available oxygen in the blood and bodily tissues (short of anoxia)

To die from lack of air or oxygen.

To feel discomfort from lack of fresh air.

To become or feel oppressed; be stifled.

(uncountable) Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.

(countable) A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia.

The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking.

Killing by depriving of oxygen

The condition of being derprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)