Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of anoxia caused by insufficient oxygen in the blood due to a failure in the lungs: This is a medical term for a severe oxygen deficiency in body tissues. The specific cause is a failure of the lungs to properly oxygenate the blood, even if environmental oxygen is available.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The patient was diagnosed with anoxic anoxia following respiratory failure.
  • Anoxic anoxia can result from conditions like drowning or carbon monoxide poisoning, which impair lung function.

Advanced Usage

• Clinical Context: The term is used to distinguish this cause of oxygen deprivation from other types, such as "anemic anoxia" (due to lack of hemoglobin) or "stagnant anoxia" (due to poor blood circulation).
  • The physician noted that the symptoms pointed toward anoxic anoxia rather than a circulatory issue.

Variants and Related Words

• Anoxia (n): The broader condition of an extreme deficiency of oxygen in body tissues.
• Hypoxia (n): A less severe deficiency in oxygen supply to tissues.
• Anoxic (adj): Relating to or characterized by an absence of oxygen.
  • The lake's anoxic conditions cannot support fish life.

Synonyms

• Oxygen deficiency due to pulmonary failure: A descriptive synonym.
• Hypoxemic hypoxia: A closely related term in medical literature focusing on low oxygen in arterial blood.

Related Phrases

• Suffer from anoxic anoxia: To be affected by this condition.
  • The mountaineer began to suffer from anoxic anoxia at high altitude.

Noun

1. anoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs