Asphyxiation Definition

noun

Death due to lack of oxygen.

Wiktionary

An acute lack of oxygen.

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Other Word Forms of Asphyxiation

Noun

Singular:
asphyxiation
Plural:
asphyxiations

Origin of Asphyxiation

  • From New Latin asphyxia, from Ancient Greek ἀσφυξία (asphuksia, “stopping of the pulse”), ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σφύξις (sphuksis, “pulse”), from σφύζω (sphuzō, “I throb”).

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