hypoxic hypoxia — noun hypoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs • Hypernyms: ↑hypoxia … Useful english dictionary
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
Hypoxic Training Index — (HTi)This parameter provides an objective measure of the hypoxic stress delivered during the Intermittent Hypoxic Training (IHT) session, compared to simple recording the inhaled fraction of oxygen (FiO2). HTi provides a figure (index) of dosage… … Wikipedia
hypoxia — [hī päk′sē ə, hipäk′sē ə] n. 〚ModL: see HYPO & OXY 1 & IA〛 an abnormal condition resulting from a decrease in the oxygen supplied to or utilized by body tissue hypoxic adj … Universalium
Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction — is a physiological phenomenon in which pulmonary arteries constrict in the presence of hypoxia (low oxygen levels) without hypercapnia (high carbon dioxide levels), redirecting blood flow to alveoli with higher oxygen tension. The process might… … Wikipedia
hypoxia — 1941, from HYPO (Cf. hypo ) + OXYGEN (Cf. oxygen). Related: Hypoxic … Etymology dictionary
hypoxia — [hī päk′sē ə, hipäk′sē ə] n. [ModL: see HYPO & OXY 1 & IA] an abnormal condition resulting from a decrease in the oxygen supplied to or utilized by body tissue hypoxic adj … English World dictionary
Hypoxia — Infobox Disease Name = Hypoxia Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|799.02 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = eMedicine mult = MeshID = Hypoxia literally means a deficiency in oxygen. It can refer to:* Hypoxia… … Wikipedia
