anoxic
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anoxic (not comparable)
- (pathology) Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen.
- Lacking oxygen.
- 2022, Nick Lane, Transformer, page 22:
- The inner logic of metabolism... part stems from the vicissitudes of life itself, which forced evolution down improbable paths, while transforming our geologically restless globe from a sterile, anoxic planet into the living, high-octane world of today.
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suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen
lacking oxygen
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