- Look up
hypoxia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Hypoxia means a
lower than
normal level of oxygen, and may
refer to:
Hypoxia (environmental), abnormally...
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Hypoxia is a
condition in
which the body or a
region of the body is
deprived of
adequate oxygen supply at the
tissue level.
Hypoxia may be classified...
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Cerebral hypoxia is a form of
hypoxia (reduced
supply of oxygen),
specifically involving the brain; when the
brain is
completely deprived of oxygen, it...
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Hypoxia (hypo: "below", oxia: "oxygenated")
refers to low
oxygen conditions.
Hypoxia is
problematic for air-breathing organisms, yet it is
essential for...
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Silent hypoxia (also
known as
happy hypoxia) is
generalised hypoxia that does not
coincide with
shortness of breath. This
presentation is
known to be a...
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Generalized hypoxia is a
medical condition in
which the
tissues of the body are
deprived of the
necessary levels of
oxygen due to an
insufficient supply...
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Histotoxic hypoxia (also
called histoxic hypoxia) is the
inability of
cells to take up or use
oxygen from the bloodstream,
despite physiologically normal...
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Hypoxia-inducible
factors (HIFs) are
transcription factors that
respond to
decreases in
available oxygen in the
cellular environment, or
hypoxia. They...
- ****ociation.
Concerning hallucinogenic states brought about by
chronic hypoxia, Dr. E. L.
Lloyd notes that they may be
similar to the
hallucinations experienced...
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Intrauterine hypoxia (also
known as
fetal hypoxia)
occurs when the
fetus is
deprived of an
adequate supply of oxygen. It may be due to a
variety of reasons...
