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- noun Plural form of
asphyxiant .
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While hearing loss can occur from an acute injury, it is more likely to develop gradually over time, as a result of exposure to noise, solvents, metals, asphyxiants, or heat.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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(lachrymatory, sternutatory, and, above all, vesicatory, of which yperite is the most dangerous); second, asphyxiants of which the most deadly is phosgene; third, those affecting the nervous system.
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