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noun, feminine

asfixia

/asˈfiɡsja/

noun, feminine/asˈfiɡsja/plural: asfixias

asphyxia

Related: asfixiar

Borrowed from New Latin asphyxia, from Ancient Greek ἀσφυξία (asphuxía, “stopping of the pulse”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + σφύξις (sphúxis, “pulse”).