单词 | hypoxia |
释义 | hypoxia (once / 437753 pages) n When a patient has hypoxia, some area of their body doesn't get enough oxygen. One of the symptoms of hypoxia is discolored skin, which can appear either bluish or bright red. There are many causes of hypoxia, which can affect either the entire body or just specific organs. Premature babies frequently suffer from hypoxia because their lungs are underdeveloped, and both mountain climbers and scuba divers are also at risk of developing hypoxia. When it occurs at high altitudes, hypoxia is called "altitude sickness." Hypoxia was coined in the mid-20th century, from the Greek hypo, "under," and oxygen. WORD FAMILYhypoxia USAGE EXAMPLESWorldwide, the ocean volume in a state of hypoxia, in which dissolved oxygen is at about 1.6 mg/liter, is 60.4 million cubic kilometers. Salon(Nov 03, 2016) Oklahoma lawmakers have responded by legalizing executions using nitrogen hypoxia should lethal injection become impossible. Washington Times(Aug 09, 2016) That’s the size of Connecticut and a bit larger than the 2015 area of hypoxia. Washington Times(Jul 30, 2016) n oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency Hypo|Hyper anemic hypoxia hypoxia resulting from a decreased concentration of hemoglobin hypoxic hypoxiahypoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs ischemic hypoxia, stagnant hypoxiahypoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure) altitude sicknesseffects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes anoxiasevere hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues asphyxiation, suffocationthe condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) mountain sicknessnausea and shortness of breath experienced by mountain climbers above ten thousand feet anemic anoxiaanoxia resulting from a decreased concentration of hemoglobin anoxic anoxiaanoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs ischemic anoxia, stagnant anoxiaanoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure) drive a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire |
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