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hyperoxia

English

Noun

hyperoxia (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.

Derived terms

  • hyperoxic

See also

  • hypoxia
  • normoxia

Anagrams

  • hyporexia

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hypoxemia

English

Alternative forms

  • hypoxaemia (British, Commonwealth, but not Canadian)

Etymology

Analysed as hypo- +? ox- +? -emia

Noun

hypoxemia (countable and uncountable, plural hypoxemias)

  1. (medicine) An abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, be it the partial pressure of oxygen (mm Hg), the content of oxygen (ml oxygen per dl of blood) or the per cent saturation of the blood's hemoglobin, singly or in combination.
    • 1984. Alan Morris, Richard Kanner, Robert Crapo, Reed Gardner, Clinical Pulmonary Function Testing. A manual of uniform laboratory procedures, 2nd edition:
      The most profound abnormality determines the oxygen deficiency category ... of hypoxemia.

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