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anoxaemia en · NOUN

Etymology

From an- (“lacking”) + oxy- (“oxygen”) + -aemia (“blood”).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) Critical lack of oxygen in blood; severe hypoxaemia.
    • Anoxaemia [... is] a term introduced by Jourdanet to indicate the diminished quantity of oxygen contained in the blood of those living at high altitudes, where the tension of the oxygen in the surrounding air is considerably decreased. 1881, Henry Power, Leonard W. Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences (Based on Maye's Lexicon), volume I:

Forms

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anoxæmia alternative lexicographic
anoxaemias Number=Plur lexicographic
anoxhæmia alternative lexicographic
anoxhemia alternative lexicographic
anoxhaemia alternative lexicographic
anoxyhæmia alternative lexicographic
anoxemia alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

hyperoxemia

Deriveds

anoxaemic

Relateds

hypoxia · hyperoxia · anoxia

Translations (3)

fr anoxyhémie (critical lack of oxygen in blood) · pl anoksemia (critical lack of oxygen in blood) · pt anoxemia (critical lack of oxygen in blood)