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asphyxiation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /æsfɪksiˈeɪʃən/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English asphyxia Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English asphyxiate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English asphyxiation From asphyxiate + -ion.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Death due to lack of oxygen.
  2. (countable, uncountable) An acute lack of oxygen.

Forms

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Deriveds

autoasphyxiation

Relateds

asphyxia

Translations (16)

sv kvävning (an acute lack of oxygen) · es asfixia (an acute lack of oxygen) · ga plúchadh (an acute lack of oxygen) · fr asphyxie (death due to lack of oxygen) · es asfixia (death due to lack of oxygen) · fi tukehtumiskuolema (death due to lack of oxygen) · fi tukehtuminen (an acute lack of oxygen) · hu megfulladás (death due to lack of oxygen) · de Sauerstoffmangel (an acute lack of oxygen) · nl verstikking (death due to lack of oxygen) · de Erstickung (death due to lack of oxygen) · mi whakahēmanawatanga (death due to lack of oxygen) · sl zadušitev (death due to lack of oxygen) · hu fulladás (death due to lack of oxygen) · hu fuldoklás (an acute lack of oxygen) · no oksygenmangel (an acute lack of oxygen)