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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hypoxia /hʌɪˈpɒksɪə/

▶noun Medicine deficiency in the amount of oxygen reaching the tissues.

■ Ecology oxygen deficiency in a biotic environment.

– derivatives
hypoxic adjective.

– origin 1940s: from hypo- + oxygen + -ia1.

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