— asphyxial , adj.
/as fik"see euh/ , n. Pathol.
the extreme condition caused by lack of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide in the blood, produced by interference with respiration or insufficient oxygen in the air; suffocation.
[ 1700-10; asphyxía a stopping of the pulse, equiv. to a- A- 6 + sphýx ( is ) pulse + -ia -IA ]