名詞 asphyxia:

1. 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

as.phyx.i.a

n.（名詞）
A condition in which an extreme decrease in the amount of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death. Asphyxia can be induced by choking, drowning, electric shock, injury, or the inhalation of toxic gases.
窒息：因體內(nèi)一定數(shù)量的氧氣極度減，并伴有二氧化碳氣體增多，而導致失去知覺或死亡的狀況。心肌梗塞，溺水，觸電，受傷或吸入有毒氣體也可能導致窒息

來源：
New Latin
現(xiàn)代拉丁語
from Greek asphuxia [stopping of the pulse]
源自 希臘語 asphuxia [脈搏停止]
a- [not] * see a-
a- [不] *參見 a-
sphuxis [heartbeat] from sphuzein sphug- [to throb]
sphuxis [心跳] 源自 sphuzein sphug- [搏動]