hypoxia

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, hyp- +‎ ox- +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hypoxia (countable and uncountable, plural hypoxias)

1. (pathology) A condition in which tissues are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen [from 1940s].

   Antonym: hyperoxia

   Hypernym: underoxygenation

   Hyponyms: anoxia, stagnant hypoxia

   Coordinate terms: normoxia, pseudohypoxia

2. A reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in an aquatic environment.

   Antonym: hyperoxia

   Hypernym: underoxygenation

   Hyponym: anoxia

   Coordinate term: normoxia

Derived terms

• hypoxial (adj)
• hypoxic (adj)

 

Related terms

• hyperoxemia
• hypoxemia
• normoxemia

 

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)
• Greek: υποξία (el) f (ypoxía), υποξυγοναιμία (el) f (ypoxygonaimía)
• Icelandic: súrefnisskortur (is) m
• Irish: hiopocsa f, hiopocsacht f
• Italian: ipossia (it)
• Portuguese: hipóxia
• Romanian: hipoxie f
• Russian: гипокси́я (ru) f (gipoksíja)
• Spanish: hipoxia f
• Swedish: hypoxi (sv) c, syrebrist (sv) c
• Turkish: hipoksi (tr)
• Ukrainian: гіпоксі́я f (hipoksíja)

See also

• altitude sickness

Further reading

• hypoxia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia