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asphyxiation

noun
/æsfɪksiˈeɪʃən/

Etymology

From asphyxiate + -ion.

  1. derived from ἀσφυξία
  2. learned borrowing from asphyxia
  3. formed as asphyxiate — “asphyxia + -ate”
  4. suffixed as asphyxiation — “asphyxiate + ion”

Definitions

  1. Death due to lack of oxygen.

  2. An acute lack of oxygen.

The neighborhood

Derived

autoasphyxiation

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for asphyxiation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA