anoxia

noun

anoxia

noun

UK /ænˈɒk.sɪ.ə/ · US /ænˈɑk.si.ə/

Etymology Internationalism, from an- (“without”) + ox- (“oxygen”) + -ia (“disease”).

1

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences Usually A condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.

Derived terms
anoxic, anoxically, anoxic event, postanoxic, superanoxia, superanoxic
Related terms
anoxemia, eumoxia, eumoxic, hyperoxemia, hyperoxia, hyperoxic, hypoxemia, hypoxia, hypoxic, normoxia, normoxic, physoxia, reoxia, asphyxia

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