Asphyxia definition
Origin of asphyxia
- New Latin from Greek asphuxiā stopping of the pulse a- not a–1 sphuxis heartbeat (from sphuzein sphug- to throb)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀσφυξία (asphuxia, “stopping of the pulse”): ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σφύξις (sphuxis, “heartbeat”) (from σφυγ-, σφύζω (sphuzō, “I throb”)).
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