anoxaemia

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noun

Critical lack of oxygen in blood; severe hypoxaemia.

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Meanings

nounanoxaemia (usually uncountable, plural anoxaemias)

plural anoxaemias · alternative anoxæmia · alternative anoxhæmia · alternative anoxyhæmia · alternative anoxhaemia · alternative anoxemia · alternative anoxhemia

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineCritical 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

Origin

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

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Translations

French anoxyhémie
  • anoxyhémiecritical lack of oxygen in blood
Polish anoksemia
  • anoksemiacritical lack of oxygen in blood
Portuguese anoxemia
  • anoxemiacritical lack of oxygen in blood
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Chicago

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