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asphyxia
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[əsˈfɪksɪə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a condition arising when the body is deprived of oxygen, causing unconsciousness or death; suffocation
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Origin
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early 18th century (in the sense ‘stopping of the pulse’): modern Latin, from Greek asphuxia, from a- ‘without’ + sphuxis ‘pulse’
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