hypoxia

hypoxia
noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1941 a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body • hypoxic adjective

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  • hypoxia — 1941, from HYPO (Cf. hypo ) + OXYGEN (Cf. oxygen). Related: Hypoxic …   Etymology dictionary

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  • hypoxia — A condition in which there is a decrease in the oxygen supply to a tissue. In cancer treatment, the level of hypoxia in a tumor may help predict the response of the tumor to the treatment …   English dictionary of cancer terms

  • Hypoxia (medical) — Hypoxia ICD 9 799.02 MeSH D000860 Hypoxia, or hypoxiation, is a pathological condition in which the body as a whole (generalized hypoxia) or a region of the body (tissue hypoxia) is deprived of adequate ox …   Wikipedia

  • Hypoxia (environmental) — Hypoxia, or oxygen depletion, is a phenomenon that occurs in aquatic environments as dissolved oxygen (DO; molecular oxygen dissolved in the water) becomes reduced in concentration to a point where it becomes detrimental to aquatic organisms… …   Wikipedia

  • Hypoxia activated prodrugs — Hypoxia Activated Prodrugs, or HAPs, target regions of tumor hypoxia within tumor cells. HAPs may offer the potential, alone and in combination with conventional chemotherapy, of improving cancer therapy. It is believed that tumor hypoxia… …   Wikipedia

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