ASPHYXIA


Meaning of ASPHYXIA in English

n. a lack of oxygen in the blood, causing unconsciousness or death; suffocation.

Derivatives:

asphyxial adj. asphyxiant adj. & n.

Etymology: mod.L f. Gk asphuxia f. a- not + sphuxis pulse

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.