as·phyx·ia
noun/əsˈfɪksiə/
/əsˈfɪksiə/
[uncountable] (specialist)- the state of being unable to breathe, causing death or loss of consciousness
窒息 - to die of asphyxia
窒息而死
Word Originearly 18th cent. (in the sense ‘stopping of the pulse’): modern Latin, from Greek asphuxia, from a- ‘without’ + sphuxis ‘pulse’. - to die of asphyxia