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STAGNANT ANOXIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure)
Synonyms:
ischemic anoxia; stagnant anoxia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("stagnant anoxia" is a kind of...):
anoxia (severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues)