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asphyxia

n.窒息,昏厥

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asphyxia


/əs'fɪksɪə; [US] æs'f-; æs`fɪksɪə/
n [U] condition caused by lack of air in the lungs; suffocation 窒息.

asphyxia


n[U]formal
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Modern Latin;Origin:Greek, 'stopping the flow of blood', from a- 'not' + sphyzein 'to beat regularly, throb']
death caused by not being able to breathe
= suffocation