Dry drowning is defined as -: (A) Drowning in sea water, (B) Drowning in cold water, death due to cardiac arrest, (C) Drowning in a dehydrated body, (D) Drowning where death is due to laryngospasm
Answer is D. Dry drowning: On contact with water, especially cold water, there results in intense laryngospasm, so that water does not enter the lungs.
Death is due to asphyxia because of laryngospasm.