asfíxia

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

asfíxia f (plural asfíxies)

  1. (pathology) asphyxia

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