Note: The term suffocation is sometimes employed synonymously with asphyxia. In the strict medico-legal sense it signifies asphyxia induced by obstruction of the respiration otherwise than by direct pressure on the neck (hanging, strangulation) or submersion (drowning). Quain.
SUFFOCATIVE
Suf"fo*ca*tive, a.
Defn: Tending or able to choke or stifle. "Suffocative catarrhs."
Arbuthnot.
SUFFOSSION Suf*fos"sion, n. Etym: [L. suffossio, from suffodere, suffossum, to dig under; sub under + fodere to dig.]
Defn: A digging under; an undermining. [R.] Bp. Hall.
SUFFRAGAN
Suf"fra*gan, a. Etym: [F. suffragant, L. suffragans, p.pr. of
suffragari to support with one's vote, to be favorable. See
Suffrage.]
Defn: Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.
SUFFRAGAN
Suf"fra*gan, n. Etym: [F. suffragant: cf. LL. suffraganeus. See
Suffragan, a.]
1. An assistant.
2. (Eccl.)