SUFFOCATION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 25

n. Su3f-fo2k-a's hu3n. Lat., suffocatio (from suffocare, to choke). Fr., s. Ger., Erstickung. See ASPHYXIA (2d def.). Stridulous laryngic s. See LARYNGISMUS stridulus.S. of the womb. See SUFFOCATIO. [s. 561]