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hypoxic
[ hahy-pok-sik ]
adjective
- having or caused by a very low level of oxygen:
The hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico is caused by excess nutrients, mainly nitrogen from fertilizer runoff.
Some brain structures are believed to be particularly vulnerable to hypoxic damage during birth.
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Origin of hypoxic1
Example Sentences
He was diagnosed with a hypoxic brain injury, meaning his brain was starved of oxygen, and four-limb dystonia, which can lead to uncontrolled spasms in his arms and legs.
Her primary cause of death being given as an hypoxic brain injury, which is caused by a lack of oxygen.
The authors add, "Pathogenic mycobacteria, like those causing the human diseases leprosy and tuberculosis, are found in abundance in sphagnum peat bogs where the acidic, hypoxic and nutrient-poor environment gives rise to fierce microbial competition. We isolated fungi from such bogs and screened for those that competed directly with mycobacteria by co-culture and discovered that these fungi all target the same physiological process in mycobacteria using several chemically distinct mechanisms."
When the algae decays, it consumes oxygen, making the lake hypoxic — a dead zone without oxygen to support marine life.
"Hypoxic brain injury can have devastating, lifelong consequences, and we suggest our novel therapeutic approach using intravenous omega-3 emulsions could markedly reduce these adverse outcomes," says Richard Deckelbaum, a professor of nutrition and pediatrics and a coordinating author of the study.
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