anoxia

See also: Anoxia, anóxia, and anòxia

English

WOTD – 4 April 2024

Etymology

Internationalism, from an- (“without”) +‎ ox- (“oxygen”) +‎ -ia (“disease”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænˈɒk.sɪ.ə/, /æˈnɒk-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ænˈɑk.si.ə/, /æˈnɑk-/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: an‧ox‧ia

Noun

anoxia (usually uncountable, plural anoxias)

1. (pathology) A condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.

   Hyponym: superanoxia

   Coordinate terms: eumoxia, hyperoxia, hypoxia, normoxia, physoxia

Derived terms

• anoxic
• anoxically
• anoxic event
• postanoxic
• superanoxia
• superanoxic

Related terms

• anoxemia
• eumoxia
• eumoxic
• hyperoxemia
• hyperoxia
• hyperoxic
• hypoxemia
• hypoxia
• hypoxic
• normoxia
• normoxic
• physoxia
• reoxia

Translations

condition involving complete lack of oxygen in the tissues

• Basque: anoxia f
• Catalan: anòxia f
• Dutch: anoxie (nl) f
• Finnish: anoksia (fi)
• French: anoxie (fr) f
• German: Anoxie (de) f, Sauerstoffmangel (de) m
• Greek: ανοξία (el) f (anoxía)
• Hindi: अनॉक्सिता (anŏksitā)
• Indonesian: anoksia
• Irish: anocsacht f
• Italian: anossia f
• Japanese: 酸欠 (ja) (さんけつ, sanketsu)
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Occitan: anoxia f
• Polish: anoksja f
• Portuguese: anoxia (pt) f
• Romanian: anoxie (ro) f
• Russian: анокси́я (ru) f (anoksíja)
• Spanish: anoxia f
• Swedish: anoxi (sv) c
• Welsh: anocsia m

See also

• asphyxia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• anóxia

Etymology

Internationalism. By surface analysis, an- +‎ oxi- +‎ -ia. Compare French anoxie.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.nokˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.nokˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.nokˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nuˈksi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧no‧xi‧a

Noun

anoxia f (plural anoxias)

1. (pathology) anoxia (condition involving complete lack of oxygen in the tissues)

   Coordinate terms: hiperoxia, hipoxia

Related terms

• anóxico

Further reading

• “anoxia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “anoxia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “anoxia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “anoxia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Internationalism. By surface analysis, an- +‎ oxi- +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnoɡsja/ [aˈnoɣ̞.sja]
• Rhymes: -oɡsja
• Syllabification: a‧no‧xia

Noun

anoxia f (plural anoxias)

1. (pathology) anoxia (condition involving complete lack of oxygen in the tissues)

Related terms

• anóxico

Further reading

• “anoxia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025