anoxic
pronunciation
How to pronounce anoxic in British English:
UK [æ'nɒksɪk]
How to pronounce anoxic in American English:
US [æ'nɒksɪk]
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- Adjective:
- relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs
Word Origin
- anoxic (adj.)
- 1920, Modern Latin, from Greek an-, privative prefix, "not, without" (see an- (1)) + first two letters of oxygen + -ic. Anoxia "oxygen deficiency" is attested from 1931.
Example
- 1. Effect of l-amlodipine on calcium signaling system in anoxic myocardial cells .
- 2. A study of influence of zafirlukast to anoxic pulmonary hypertension in rats .
- 3. Effect of anoxic anoxia on propulsive motility of the small intestine in toads .
- 4. Research progress of anoxic pulmonary hypertension treated by chinese herbal medicine .
- 5. Re-os isotope tracing and dating of black shales and oceanic anoxic events .