hypoxia

hypoxia

English

Etymology

hypo- (“under”) +‎ oxygen +‎ -ia

Noun

hypoxia (countable and uncountable, plural hypoxias)

1. (pathology) A condition in which tissues (especially the blood) are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen; anoxia [from 1940s]
2. A reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in an aquatic environment.

Derived terms

• hypoxial
• hypoxic
• pseudohypoxia

Related terms

• normoxia

Translations

condition in which tissues are deprived of oxygen

Bulgarian: недостиг на кислород (nedostig na kislorod) Catalan: hipòxia f Czech: hypoxie (cs) Dutch: hypoxie (nl) f Finnish: hypoksia French: hypoxie (fr) Icelandic: súrefnisskortur (is) m

Irish: hiopocsa f, hiopocsacht f Italian: ipossia (it) Portuguese: hipóxia Russian: гипокси́я (ru) f (gipoksíja) Spanish: hipoxia f Turkish: hipoksi (tr)

See also

• anoxia
• altitude sickness
• hyperoxia
• hypoxemia

Further reading

• hypoxia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia