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anoxemia

anoxemia is the alternative 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

Forms of anoxemia

pluralanoxemias

Questions about anoxemia

What is anoxemia the alternative spelling of?
Anoxemia is the alternative spelling of anoxaemia.

Words near anoxemia in the dictionary

  1. anovulatory
  2. anow
  3. anoxaemia
  4. anoxaemias
  5. anoxaemic
  6. anoxemia
  7. anoxemias
  8. anoxemic
  9. anoxhaemia
  10. anoxhaemias
  11. anoxhemia

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