as·phyx·ia /æsˈfɪksiə, əs-/
  窒息,昏厥
  as·phyx·ia /æsˈfɪksɪə, əs-/ 名詞
  窒息
  As·phyx·i·a As·phyx·y n.  Med. Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of poisonous or irrespirable gases.
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  asphyxia
       n : a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon
           dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by
           choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas