Meaning & use
Anoxemia
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A medical condition in which the blood is deficient in oxygen; also spelled "anoxaemia."
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High-altitude climbers risk anoxemia if they ascend too quickly without acclimatizing.
The patient's anoxemia was treated promptly with supplemental oxygen.
A note on using this word
"Anoxemia" is built from the Greek-derived prefix "an-" (without) plus "oxy" (oxygen) and "-emia" (blood condition); it is closely related to, and sometimes used interchangeably with, "hypoxemia."
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