ETYM New Lat. asphyxia, from Greek; a priv. + sphyzein to throb, beat.
Suffocation; a lack of oxygen that produces a potentially lethal buildup of carbon dioxide waste in the tissues.
Asphyxia may arise from any one of a number of causes, including inhalation of smoke or poisonous gases, obstruction of the windpipe (by water, food, vomit, or a foreign object), strangulation, or smothering. If it is not quickly relieved, brain damage or death ensues.
A condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas. + prikaži više

The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.