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as·phyxia (as fik′sē ə)
noun
loss of consciousness as a result of too little oxygen and too much carbon dioxide in the blood: suffocation causes asphyxia
Etymology: ModL < Gr, stopping of the pulse < a-, not + sphyzein, to throb
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