a physiological state in which insufficient oxygen reaches the tissues of the body, especially when of sufficient severity to cause permanent damage. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

anoxia, n. Med. an absence or deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues; severe hypoxia.

Derivative

anoxic adj.

Etymology

mod.L, formed as AN-(1) + OXYGEN + -IA(1)

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THESAURUS

anoxia

Minamata disease, abscess, ague, altitude sickness, anemia, ankylosis, anoxemia, anoxic anoxia, anthrax, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, black lung, blackout, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, caisson disease, chilblain, chill, chills, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, decompression sickness, diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, frostbite, grayout, growth, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, immersion foot, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, itai, itching, jaundice, jet lag, labored breathing, lead poisoning, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, mercury poisoning, motion sickness, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, pneumoconiosis, pressure suit, pruritus, radiation sickness, radionecrosis, rash, red-out, rheum, sclerosis, seizure, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, sunstroke, tabes, tachycardia, the bends, trench foot, tumor, upset stomach, vertigo, vomiting, wasting

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