STAGNANT HYPOXIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hypoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure)

Synonyms:

ischemic hypoxia; stagnant hypoxia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("stagnant hypoxia" is a kind of...):

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

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