ASPHYXY

Etymology

Noun

asphyxy (plural asphyxies)

(medicine, obsolete) asphyxiation, typically resulting in death; asphyxia

Verb

asphyxy (third-person singular simple present asphyxies, present participle asphyxying, simple past and past participle asphyxied)

Rare form of asphyxiate.

Source: Wiktionary


As*phyx"i*a, As*phyx"y, n. Etym: [NL. asphyxia, fr. Gr. (Med.)

Definition: Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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