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secondary drowning

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
sec-ondary drown-ing
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Asphyxiation caused by irritation of alveoli from the aspiration of liquid, after recovery from immersion into liquid, in the three-day period following the immersion episode.

Uncountable

Etymology

From secondary + drowning.

Usage

Inflected Forms

secondary drownings (plural)

Questions

What does secondary drowning mean?
Asphyxiation caused by irritation of alveoli from the aspiration of liquid, after recovery from immersion into liquid, in the three-day period following the immersion episode.
Where does secondary drowning come from?
From secondary + drowning.

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