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    ANOXIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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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