an abnormal condition resulting from a decrease in the oxygen supplied to or utilized by bodily tissue
Origin of hypoxia
ModL: see hypo- and oxy- and -ia
noun
The definition of hypoxia is a medical condition where not enough oxygen is getting into the body.
An example of hypoxia is a potentially fatal condition when not enough oxygen is being used in the body tissues.
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hypoxia
noun
- Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching body tissues.
- Depletion of dissolved oxygen in aquatic environments to levels that are detrimental or fatal to aerobic organisms, often caused by eutrophication.
Related Forms:
- hy·pox′ic
adjective
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural hypoxias)
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hypoxia - Medical Definition
n.
- Deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching body tissues.
- Depletion of dissolved oxygen in aquatic environments to levels that are detrimental or fatal to aerobic organisms, often caused by eutrophication.
Related Forms:
- hy·pox′ic
adj.
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Sentence Examples
- These children, if not controlled, will eat until they suffer from life-threatening obesity, including respiratory failure with hypoxia (low blood oxygen levels), cor pulmonale (right-sided heart failure), and death.
- Tissue hypoxia, or oxygen deficiency, occurs next as a survival mechanism in the body kicks in, causing the blood vessels in the hands, feet, and other extremities to narrow in response to cold.
- Asphyxia neonatorum is a neonatal emergency as it may lead to hypoxia (lowering of oxygen supply to the brain and tissues) and possible brain damage or death if not correctly managed.
- The reduction of any or all of the three blood parameters reduces the oxygen-carrying capability of the blood, causing reduced oxygenation of body tissues, a condition called hypoxia.
- These are substances that act as links in the inflammatory process, which promote further blood vessel damage, hypoxia, and cell destruction.
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