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anoxæmia

anoxæmia is the archaic spelling of anoxaemia.

Meaning of anoxaemia

Noun

anoxaemia (usually uncountable, plural anoxaemias)

  1. (usually) Critical lack of oxygen in blood; severe hypoxaemia.
    • Anoxaemia [... is] a term introduced by Jourdanet to indicate the diminished quantity of oxygen contained in the blood of those living at high altitudes, where the tension of the oxygen in the surrounding air is considerably decreased.1881, Henry Power, Leonard W. Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences (Based on Maye's Lexicon), volume I

Questions about anoxæmia

What is anoxæmia the archaic spelling of?
Anoxæmia is the archaic spelling of anoxaemia.

Words near anoxæmia in the dictionary

  1. anoxybiosis
  2. anoxybiotic
  3. anoxygenic
  4. anoxygenic photosynthesis
  5. anoxyhæmia
  6. anoxæmia
  7. anoying
  8. ANP
  9. anpan
  10. anpans
  11. Anping

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