asfíxia

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈfik.si.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [asˈfik.si.a]

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asfíxia f (plural asfíxies)

1. (pathology) asphyxia

• asfixiar

• asfixiant
• asfíctic

• “asfíxia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007