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hypoxia
[ hahy-pok-see-uh ]
noun
- Biology. a very low level of oxygen, as in an organic environment:
The fish have developed a tolerance to the hypoxia of the swamp.
- Pathology. an abnormally low amount of oxygen in the body tissues: Compare anoxia ( def 2 ), hypoxemia.
Premature newborns are routinely placed in incubators to treat or prevent hypoxia.
hypoxia
/ haɪˈpɒksɪə; haɪˈpɒksɪk /
noun
- deficiency in the amount of oxygen delivered to the body tissues
Derived Forms
- hypoxic, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·dz· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of hypoxia1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of hypoxia1
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Example Sentences
Drinking them — even in tiny amounts — causes a type of blood poisoning that turns victims blue from sudden hypoxia.
The jet returned to Manchester, with no injuries reported, but investigators said it was likely those on board "were exposed to a progressive hypoxia risk".
The scientists note that climate change and pollution are combining to force marine ecosystems to experience unprecedented stressors including harmful algal blooms, ocean acidification and hypoxia.
"A healthy gut has low oxygen. So, we repeated the test in a hypoxia setting," Bäumler said.
“The State of Alabama is prepared to carry out the execution of Miller’s sentence by means of nitrogen hypoxia,” the attorney general’s office wrote in the February motion seeking the execution authorization.
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