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ANOXIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("anoxia" is a kind of...):

hypoxia (oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anoxia"):

anemic anoxia (anoxia resulting from a decreased concentration of hemoglobin)

anoxic anoxia (anoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs)

ischemic anoxia; stagnant anoxia (anoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure))

Derivation:

anoxic (relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs)

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