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hypoxic

adj

Etymology

From hypoxia + -ic or hyp- + ox- + -ic.

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hypoxia.

    • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease had left her hypoxic and wheezing.

  2. Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains less than 21% oxygen.

    • Rarely, nitrox mixtures are intentionally hypoxic, under special conditions.

  3. Exhibiting hypoxia.

    • Dead zones are hypoxic areas in the world's oceans and large lakes.

The neighborhood

Derived

hypoxically, nonhypoxic, posthypoxic, pseudohypoxic

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hypoxic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA