anoxæmia Path.
(ænɒkˈsiːmɪə)
[mod.L., f. Gr. ἀν- (an- 10) + oxygen + Gr. αἷµα blood + -ia1. Cf. F. anoxémie.]
A deficiency of oxygen in the blood.
| 1890 Billings Med. Dict. I. 74/1 Anoxæmia or Anoxy⁓hæmia. 1919 Proc. Physiol. Soc. 25 Jan. p. lxiv, While..the accelerated output of adrenalin must be supposed to participate in the effect, the rise in blood sugar must be in the main due to a direct action of the anoxæmia upon the liver. 1920 [see anoxic a.]. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 902/2 The chief sign of anoxaemia is cyanosis. 1931, 1939 [see anoxia]. |