Definitions for hypoxia
haɪˈpɒk si əhy·pox·i·a

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. hypoxianoun

   oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency

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1. hypoxianoun

   A condition in which tissues (especially the blood) are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen; anoxia

2. hypoxianoun

   A reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in an aquatic environment.

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1. hypoxia

   Hypoxia is a condition characterized by insufficient oxygen supply at the tissue level of the body, often due to a lack of oxygen in the bloodstream. It can lead to serious health complications, including brain damage, organ failure and even death if not treated promptly. Hypoxia can happen in high altitudes or while diving, and can also be a result of health conditions like heart or lung disease.

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1. Hypoxia

   Hypoxia, or hypoxiation, is a pathological condition in which the body as a whole or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply. Variations in arterial oxygen concentrations can be part of the normal physiology, for example, during strenuous physical exercise. A mismatch between oxygen supply and its demand at the cellular level may result in a hypoxic condition. Hypoxia in which there is complete deprivation of oxygen supply is referred to as anoxia. Hypoxia differs from hypoxemia in that, in the latter, the oxygen concentration within the arterial blood is abnormally low. It is possible to experience hypoxia and have a low oxygen content but maintain high oxygen partial pressure. Incorrect use of these terms can easily lead to confusion, especially as hypoxemia is among the causes of hypoxia. Generalized hypoxia occurs in healthy people when they ascend to high altitude, where it causes altitude sickness leading to potentially fatal complications: high altitude pulmonary edema and high altitude cerebral edema. Hypoxia also occurs in healthy individuals when breathing mixtures of gases with a low oxygen content, e.g. while diving underwater especially when using closed-circuit rebreather systems that control the amount of oxygen in the supplied air. A mild and non-damaging intermittent hypoxia is used intentionally during altitude trainings to develop an athletic performance adaptation at both the systemic and cellular level.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hypoxia in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hypoxia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of hypoxia in a Sentence

1. Avinash Chaturvedi:

   The way COVID-19 cases are rising and people are getting hypoxia or low level of oxygen in the blood, there is a shortage of oxygen supply, we have converted this stadium into a COVID care centre to deal with that situation.

2. Mike Christian:

   Nitrogen hypoxia is a better way. It's a more humane way. I believe the use of nitrogen hypoxia will be the thing of the future once it’s passed in Oklahoma.

3. David Katz:

   Hypoxia is a plausible linking causal factor, and has been demonstrated in infants residing at high altitude.

4. Marc Moss:

   Im not going to say the alveoli are normal and the surfactant is normal, but when someone has hypoxia out of proportion to what you would see in the lung, that makes lung specialists think there is a problem on the blood vessel side.

5. Michael Moran:

   We've got a new, more realistic breathing apparatus training environment that we do every two years now, that really gives the pilots (a) real... sense of what that hypoxia feeling is going to be.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hypoxia
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hypoxia
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hypoxia