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hypoxaemia


(US hypoxemia)
Definition of hypoxaemia

noun

[mass noun] Medicine
  • an abnormally low concentration of oxygen in the blood.
  • Ecology oxygen deficiency in a biotic environment.

Origin:

late 19th century: from hypo- (denoting an element in a low valency) + oxygen + -aemia

hypoxaemia in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of hypoxaemia in the US English dictionary