anoxia

English

Etymology

From an- +‎ ox(ygen) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˈɒk.si.ə/

Noun

anoxia (usually uncountable, plural anoxias)

1. A condition in which a tissue or environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.

Derived terms

• anoxic

Translations

condition in which a tissue or environment is totally deprived of oxygen

• Catalan: anòxia f
• Dutch: anoxie (nl) f
• Finnish: anoksia
• French: anoxie (fr) f
• Greek: ανοξία (el) f (anoxía)
• Indonesian: anoksia
• Irish: anocsacht f
• Occitan: anoxia f
• Polish: anoksja f
• Portuguese: anoxia (pt) f
• Spanish: anoxia f
• Swedish: anoxi (sv) c

See also

• asphyxia

Portuguese

Noun

anoxia f (plural anoxias)

1. (pathology) anoxia (condition in which a tissue or environment is totally deprived of oxygen)

Spanish

Noun

anoxia f (plural anoxias)

1. anoxia

Related terms

• anóxico

Further reading

• “anoxia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014