(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
chronaxy
chronaxy
noun
Alternative form of chronaxie
ethoxyls
ethoxyls
noun
plural of ethoxyl
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
hexandry
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.
hexarchy
hexarchy
noun
A group of six states.
hexylene
hexylene
noun
(chemistry) A colourless liquid hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals.
(chemistry) Any of several isomers of hexylene proper.
homotaxy
homotaxy
noun
Alternative form of homotaxis
huxleyan
huxleyan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1894–1963), British writer.
Of or pertaining to (1825–1895), English anatomist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of theory of evolution.
hydroxyl
hydroxyl
noun
(chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds.
hypaxial
hypaxial
adj
(anatomy) Situated beneath an axis
noun
(anatomy) Such a muscle
hypoxias
hypoxias
noun
plural of hypoxia
isohexyl
lithoxyl
lithoxyl
noun
(obsolete) Petrified wood.
methoxyl
methoxyl
noun
(organic chemistry) A univalent radical, CH₃O-, derived from methanol
oxyaphia
oxybapha
oxyether
oxyethyl
oxyphile
oxyphils
oxyphony
oxyphyte
oxyrhine
phylaxis
phylaxis
noun
(medicine) Protection against infectious disease.
rheopexy
rheopexy
noun
(physics) A rheological phenomenon in which certain colloids solidify more quickly when subjected to shear
sixhynde
thyroxin
thyroxin
noun
Alternative spelling of thyroxine
xenophya
xenophya
noun
(biology) foreign particles found within an organism, such as sand grains