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)
Translations
Death due to lack of oxygen
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An acute lack of oxygen
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