anoxia

English

WOTD – 4 April 2024

Etymology

From an- (prefix meaning ‘lacking, without’) +‎ ox- (meaning ‘oxygen’) +‎ -ia (suffix forming names of diseases).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ænˈɒk.sɪ.ə/, /æˈnɒk-/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ænˈɑk.si.ə/, /æˈnɑk-/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: an‧ox‧ia

Noun

anoxia (usually uncountable, plural anoxias)

  1. (ecology, pathology) A condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.
    Coordinate terms: eumoxia, hyperoxia, hypoxia, normoxia, physoxia

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen

See also

References

  1. ^ “anoxia, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “anoxia, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.nokˈsi.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.nokˈsi.a/

  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: a‧no‧xi‧a

Noun

anoxia f (plural anoxias)

  1. (pathology) anoxia (condition in which a tissue or environment is totally deprived of oxygen)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈnoɡsja/ [aˈnoɣ̞.sja]
  • Rhymes: -oɡsja
  • Syllabification: a‧no‧xia

Noun

anoxia f (plural anoxias)

  1. anoxia

Further reading

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