asphyxiation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
asphyxiation (plural asphyxiations)
Translations[edit]
Death due to lack of oxygen
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An acute lack of oxygen
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