asphyxia
noun/əsˈfɪksiə/
/əsˈfɪksiə/
[uncountable] (specialist)- the state of being unable to breathe, causing death or loss of consciousness
- to die of asphyxia
Word Originearly 18th cent. (in the sense ‘stopping of the pulse’): modern Latin, from Greek asphuxia, from a- ‘without’ + sphuxis ‘pulse’.Want to learn more?
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