anoxaemia

See also: anoxæmia

English

Alternative forms

• anoxæmia (UK)
• anoxhæmia (UK)
• anoxyhæmia (UK)
• anoxhaemia (UK)
• anoxemia (US)
• anoxhemia (US)

Etymology

From a- +‎ oxy- +‎ -aemia, from Ancient Greek: ἀν- (an-, “absence of”) with ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) and αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Noun

anoxaemia (usually uncountable, plural anoxaemias)

1. (medicine) Critical lack of oxygen in blood; severe hypoxaemia.

   Coordinate term: hyperoxemia

   • 1881, Henry Power, Leonard W. Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences (Based on Maye's Lexicon), volume I:

     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.

Derived terms

• anoxaemic

 

Related terms

• anoxia
• hyperoxia
• hypoxia

 

Translations

critical lack of oxygen in blood

• French: anoxyhémie
• Polish: anoksemia f
• Portuguese: anoxemia f