Death from suffocation resulting from aspiration of water or other substance or fluid. Drowning occurs because the liquid prevents breathing.
- dry-d. — asphyxiation, but with little or no inhalation of water as a result of persistent laryngospasm.
- near-d. — see near-drowning.
- secondary d. — pulmonary edema may occur some time after a near-drowning due to loss of surfactant.
