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Meaning of asphyxia in English
Pronunciation
/æsˈfɪksiə/
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Noun
asphyxia
Etymology
early 18th century (in the sense ‘stopping of the pulse’): modern Latin, from Greek asphuxia, from a-‘without’ + sphuxis‘pulse’
Definitions
1.
a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis
Examples
« caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas »