as‧phyx‧i‧a /æsˈfɪksiə, əs-/
noun [uncountable] formal[
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: Modern Latin;
Origin: Greek, 'stopping the flow of blood', from a- 'not' + sphyzein 'to beat regularly, throb']
death caused by not being able to breathe
Synonym : suffocation [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲