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hypoxia Definition

hy·poxia (hī päksē ə, hi-)

noun

an abnormal condition resulting from a decrease in the oxygen supplied to or utilized by body tissue

Etymology: ModL: see hypo- & oxy- & -ia

hypoxia Related Forms
hy·pox·ic adjective
hypoxia Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • induce: This interest in the intracellular pH regulation subsequently included studies on the changes induced by hypoxia, lactate and temperature on intracellular pH.
  • regulate: Genes regulated by hypoxia are being studied in a range of endothelial and other cell types.
  • cause: Athetoid CP is characterized by involuntary writhing movements of the limbs and is usually caused by hypoxia of a shorter but more profound duration.

Converse of object

  • induce: Severe toxicity is frequently accompanied by convulsions, which may also aggravate the potential for heart toxicity by inducing hypoxia.
  • prevent: The latter is especially important for preventing cell hypoxia.
  • cause: Carbon monoxide replaces oxygen in the bloodstream causing hypoxia, an abnormal reduction of oxygen in the body tissues also called oxygen deficiency.
  • include: Roulette table carefully headache include hypoxia of family amp.
  • follow: The aim of this research is to study the mechanisms of gene regulation following hypoxia.
  • detect: It follows that it is most useful to monitor heart rate and blood pressure, also pulse oximetry to detect hypoxia.

Adjective modifier

  • hypoxic: The prevention of hypoxic hypoxia is essential in the aviation environment.
  • fetal: The natural course of chronic fetal hypoxia is slow.
  • cerebral: Clonic movements are common as a result of cerebral hypoxia, but recovery is fairly rapid.
  • chronic: The natural course of chronic fetal hypoxia is slow.
  • acute: These observations may explain, in part, the blunting of the response to acute hypoxia.
  • mild: Mild hypoxia in this stage causes night vision to deteriorate at about 4,000 feet.

Modifies a noun

  • response: Screening for mutations in and around the hypoxia response element in the promoter region of the VEGF gene in ALS patients and controls.
  • element: Screening for mutations in and around the hypoxia response element in the promoter region of the VEGF gene in ALS patients and controls.

Noun used with modifier

  • tumor: A review published in the Gray Laboratory Annual Report 1993 " Predictive assays for tumor hypoxia: where are we going?
  • tissue: This may result from local or global tissue hypoxia.
  • diffusion: Diffusion hypoxia Nitrous oxide is forty times more soluble in blood than nitrogen.