asphyxia
/æsˈfɪksɪə/noun
mass noun
- a condition arising when the body is deprived of oxygen, causing unconsciousness or death; suffocation窒息; 闷死。
派生词
asphyxial
adjectiveasphyxiant
adjective & noun词源
early 18th cent. （in the sense 'stopping of the pulse'）： modern Latin， from Greek asphuxia, from a- 'without' + sphuxis 'pulse'.