asphyxia
asphyxia[əsˈfɪksɪə]noun- [mass noun]a condition arising when the body is deprived of oxygen, causing unconsciousness or death; suffocation
窒息;闷死
派生asphyxialadjectiveasphyxiant( & )adjective & noun语源- early 18th cent. (in the sense 'stopping of the pulse') modern Latin, from Greek asphuxia, from a- 'without' + sphuxis 'pulse'
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