anoxic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-)

Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der.

English an-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.?

Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús)

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Hellenic *génos

Ancient Greek γένος (génos)

French oxygènebor.

English oxygen

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English anoxic

From an- + oxygen + -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæˈnɑːk.sɪk/

Adjective

anoxic (not comparable)

1. (pathology) Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen.
2. Lacking oxygen.
   • 2022, Nick Lane, Transformer, page 22:

     The inner logic of metabolism... part stems from the vicissitudes of life itself, which forced evolution down improbable paths, while transforming our geologically restless globe from a sterile, anoxic planet into the living, high-octane world of today.

Antonyms

• oxic

Derived terms

• anoxically
• anoxic event
• postanoxic

Related terms

• anoxia
• hypoxic
• normoxic
• hyperoxic

Translations

suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen

• Catalan: anòxic
• Danish: anoksisk
• Greek: ανοξικός (el) (anoxikós)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anoksisk

  Nynorsk: anoksisk

• Portuguese: anóxico (pt)
• Spanish: anóxico (es)

lacking oxygen

• Danish: anoksisk, iltfattig, oxygenfattig
• French: anoxique (fr)
• Greek: ανοξικός (el) (anoxikós)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anoksisk, oksygenfattig

  Nynorsk: anoksisk, oksygenfattig

• Portuguese: anóxico (pt)
• Spanish: anóxico (es)

Anagrams

• -oxacin, Xicano, axicon, axonic