anoxaemias
anoxaemias is the plural of anoxaemia.
Meaning of anoxaemia
Noun
anoxaemia (usually uncountable, plural anoxaemias)
- 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 anoxaemias
- What is anoxaemias the plural of?
- Anoxaemias is the plural of anoxaemia.
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