1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ASPHYXIA (Gr. A- priv., <r&>£it, a pulse), a term in medicine, literally signifying loss of pulsation, which is applied to describe the arrest men t of the function of respiration from some hindrance to the entrance of air into the lungs. (See RESPIRATORY SYSTEM : Paikology.)
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