(medicine, obsolete) A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body leads to loss of consciousness or death. Replaced in the mid-20th century by the more specific terms anoxia, hypoxia, hypoxemia and hypercapnia.
Loss of consciousness due to the body's inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing of air lacking oxygen or by the inability of the blood to carry oxygen.
Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.
axophyte
axophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant with an axis or stem
chapeaux
chapeaux
noun
plural of chapeau
exograph
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
haruspex
haruspex
noun
A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced divination by inspecting entrails.
hexaplar
hexaplar
Adjective
Being or relating to a Hexapla.
hexaplas
hexaplas
noun
plural of hexapla
hexapoda
hexapods
hexapods
noun
plural of hexapod
hexapody
hexapody
noun
(poetry, countable) Six metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
(zoology, uncountable) The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness.
hypaxial
hypaxial
adj
(anatomy) Situated beneath an axis
noun
(anatomy) Such a muscle
hypoxias
hypoxias
noun
plural of hypoxia
oxyaphia
oxybapha
paixhans
phylaxis
phylaxis
noun
(medicine) Protection against infectious disease.
xenophya
xenophya
noun
(biology) foreign particles found within an organism, such as sand grains