| Meaning | severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | anemic anoxia | anoxia resulting from a decreased concentration of hemoglobin |
| anoxic anoxia | anoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs | |
| ischemic anoxia, stagnant anoxia | anoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure) | |
| Broader | hypoxia | oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency |
| Spanish | anoxia | |
| Catalan | anòxia | |
| Adjectives | anoxic | relating to or marked by a severe deficiency / deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs |
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