anoxia

 
Pronunciation: /aˈnɒksɪə/

noun

[mass noun] technical
  • an absence of oxygen.
  • Medicine an absence or deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues; severe hypoxia: death due to anoxia resulting from strangulation

Derivatives

anoxic

adjective

Origin:

1930s: from an-1 + ox(ygen) + -ia1