hypoxic
Adjective
Meaning
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hypoxia.
Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains less than 21% oxygen.
Dead zones are hypoxic areas in the world's oceans and large lakes.
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Examples
A chronic hypoxic state can result from a poorly compensated anaemia.
An inquest into Coolio's death today heard how the primary cause of death was given as severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, meaning the brain being starved of blood and oxygen.
As a tumor grows, tumor cells furthest away from the blood vessels become low in oxygen ( hypoxic ).
Argon has been used by athletes as a doping agent to simulate hypoxic conditions.
His main cause of death was hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, which is when a baby's brain gets starved of oxygen.
Heliair will always have less than 21% oxygen, and will be hypoxic (less than 17% oxygen) for mixes with more than 20% helium.