This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Forensic Medicine
Dry drowning is defined as - 
Select and explain. 
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
D: Drowning where death is due to laryngospasm
Answer: D: Drowning where death is due to laryngospasm 
Explanation: 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.