hypoxia

English

Etymology

hypo- (“under”) +‎ oxygen +‎ -ia

Noun

hypoxia (countable and uncountable, plural hypoxias)

1. (pathology) A condition in which tissues (especially the blood) are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen; anoxia [from 1940s]
2. A reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in an aquatic environment.

Derived terms

• hypoxial
• hypoxic
• pseudohypoxia

Related terms

• normoxia

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)
• Icelandic: súrefnisskortur (is) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: hiopocsa f, hiopocsacht f
• Italian: ipossia (it)
• Portuguese: hipóxia
• Russian: гипокси́я (ru) f (gipoksíja)
• Spanish: hipoxia f
• Swedish: hypoxi (sv) c, syrebrist (sv) c
• Turkish: hipoksi (tr)

See also

• anoxia
• altitude sickness
• hyperoxia
• hypoxemia

Further reading

• hypoxia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia