See Also: Asphyxia(medicine)
asphyxia(encyclopedia)
asphyxia(dictionary)
Asphyxia(health)
asphyxia(dictionary)
blue asphyxia(medicine)
local asphyxia(medicine)
asphyxia pallida(medicine)
traumatic asphyxia(medicine)
asphyxia neonatorum(medicine)

asphyxia (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: Greek, 'stopping the flow of blood', from a- 'not' + sphyzein 'to beat regularly, throb']
death caused by not being able to breathe
-synonym suffocation suffocation