asphyxiating or tending to asphyxiate. an asphyxiating agent or substance. an asphyxiating condition.

Is asphyxiant a word?

An asphyxiant is a substance that can cause unconsciousness or death by suffocation (asphyxiation). Asphyxiants which have no other health effects and are sometimes referred to as simple asphyxiants.

What does the word asphyxiant mean?

Medical Definition of asphyxiant

: an agent (as a gas) capable of causing asphyxia.