SUBMERSION
\səbmˈɜːʃən], \səbmˈɜːʃən], \s_ə_b_m_ˈɜː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SUBMERSION
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The act of submerging, or putting under water or other liquid, or of causing to be overflowed; state of being put under water. Also, submergence.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The act of plunging, or being entirely plunged, in a liquid. Asphyxia by submersion, A. Immersorum, Drowning, is not owing to a certain quantity of liquid being introduced into the alimentary or air-passages; but simply to the interception of air, and of the respiratory phenomena. It is a case of suffocation, the signs of which, on dissection, are equivocal, without circumstantial evidence.
By Robley Dunglison
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