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ANOXIA
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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)