anoxæmia

A form of anoxaemia — Critical lack of oxygen in blood; severe hypoxaemia.

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noun
  1. archaicArchaic spelling of anoxaemia.

    To what extent does acute anoxæmia in a healthy subject wreck the machinery as well as stop the machine? By acute anoxæmia I mean complete or almost complete deprivation of oxygen which, in the matter of time, is too short to prove fatal.

    1920, J. R. Barcroft, The Scientific Monthly, volume XI, The Science Press, page 442
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