suffocation

Significado (Inglês)

1. (uncountable) Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.
2. (countable) A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia.

Conceitos

asfixia

sufocação

afogamento

apneia

dispneia

distúrbio respiratório

Sinônimos

asphyxiation

asphyxia

choke

strangulation

choking

smothering

asthma

apnea

oxygen deprivation

respiratory disorders

fish-kill

dyspnoea

oppression

panting

suffocate

thuggee

thuggery

lack of oxygen

Traduções

suffocation

asfixia

Erstickung

asfissia

asphyxie

sofocación

soffocamento

soffocazione

ασφυξία

étouffement

ahogo

raucedine

Sauerstoffmangel

Apnoe

asfíxia

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: suffocation

In summary

Inherited from Middle English suffocation, suffocacioun, from Middle French suffocation, from Latin suffocatio.