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.

Translations

Death due to lack of oxygen

• Dutch: verstikking (nl) f
• Finnish: tukehtumiskuolema
• French: asphyxie (fr) f
• German: Erstickung f

• Slovene: zadušitev f
• Spanish: asfixia (es) f

An acute lack of oxygen

• Finnish: tukehtuminen
• German: Sauerstoffmangel (de) m

• Norwegian: oksygenmangel m
• Spanish: asfixia (es) f
• Swedish: kvävning