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† prefoˈcation Path. Obs.
Also præ-.
[ad. L. præfōcātiōn-em, n. of action f. præfōcāre to choke, suffocate, f. præ, pre- + faux, faucem throat. So F. † préfocation (15th c.).]
Choking, suffocation; constriction.
1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 401 Cures the dolour and præfocation of the uterus. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. vi. 180 She suffers strangling and prefocation, because of compression about the Heart. |