asphyxiation

English

Etymology

From New Latin asphyxia, from Ancient Greek ἀσφυξία (asphuxía, “stopping of the pulse”), ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σφύξις (sphúxis, “pulse”), from σφύζω (sphúzō, “I throb”).

Noun

asphyxiation (countable and uncountable, plural asphyxiations)

  1. Death due to lack of oxygen.
  2. An acute lack of oxygen.

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