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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory > Hypoxia

Preferred term

Hypoxia  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Deficiencies, Oxygen
  • Deficiency, Oxygen
  • Oxygen Deficiencies
  • Oxygen Deficiency

Note

  • do not confuse with HYPEROXIA; restrict to disease or clinical state in humans and vertebrates: do not use for anoxic or hypoxic state in invertebrates or micro-organisms (= OXYGEN or ANAEROBIOSIS); FETAL HYPOXIA, HYPOXIA, BRAIN and CELL HYPOXIA are also available

Scope note

  • Sub-optimal OXYGEN levels in the ambient air of living organisms.

History note

  • 2017 (1966)

In other languages

  • happivaje

    Finnish

  • hapen niukkuus
  • hapenpuute
  • happivajaus
  • vähähappisuus
  • Syrebrist

    Swedish

  • Anoxemi
  • Anoxi
  • Hypoxi

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000860

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