praefocabilis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

praefōcābĭlis, e, adj. [praefoco],

that has the power of choking , suffocating (postclass.): spiratio, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 35: loca, id. ib. 37: sensus, id. Tard. 3, 2.