Anoxia

Introduction: Anoxia

Description of Anoxia

Anoxia (medical condition): Lack of oxygen to the body's tissues....more »

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Anoxia: A condition marked by a lack of oxygen.

Anoxia: Avoid the careless substitution of this word for hypoxia or hypoxemia. Absence or almost complete absence of oxygen from inspired gases, arterial blood, or tissues. [G. an- priv. + oxygen]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Anoxia: severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Anoxia: Failure to adequately provide oxygen to cells of the body and to remove excess carbon dioxide from them. (Stedman, 25th ed)
Source: Diseases Database

Anoxia: Clinical manifestation of respiratory distress consisting of a relatively complete absence of oxygen.
Source: MeSH 2007

Anoxia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Anoxia:

• Substitution
• Hypoxia (69 causes)
• Hypoxemia (74 causes)
• Absence
• Oxygen
• Gases
• Arterial
• Arterial disease
• Blood (1783 causes)

Anoxia as a Disease

Anoxia (medical condition): See Anoxia (disease information).
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  »Symptoms of Anoxia
  »Causes of Anoxia
  »Treatments for Anoxia

Anoxia: Related Diseases

Anoxia: Anoxia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Physical conditions
• Brain conditions
• Systemic conditions

Anoxia: Article Excerpts

Specifically, anoxia is a condition in which there is an absence of oxygen supply to an organ's tissues although there is ... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Anoxia-Hypoxia Information Page: NINDS)

Specifically, anoxia is a condition in which there is an absence of oxygen supply to an organ's tissues although there... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Anoxia-Hypoxia Information Page: NINDS)

More information on medical condition: Anoxia:

• Information about Anoxia
• Basic Summary for Anoxia
• Causes of Anoxia
• Symptoms of Anoxia
• Complications of Anoxia
• Misdiagnosis of Anoxia
• Treatments for Anoxia

Anoxia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Anoxia:

• hypoxia
• lack of oxygen
• drowning
• hypoxic zones
• generalised hypoxia
• hypoxemic hypoxia
• high altitudes
• cyanosis
• coma
• seizures
• priapism
• headaches
• shortness of breath

Terms associated with Anoxia:

Terms Similar to Anoxia:

• Hypoxemia
• Hypoxia
• Respiratory failure
• Anoxemia

Source: Diseases Database

• Hypoxia
• Oxygen Deficiency

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Hypoxia, Brain
• Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Anoxia:

• Altitude Sickness
• Anoxemia

Source - MeSH 2007

• anemic anoxia
• anoxic anoxia
• ischemic anoxia
• stagnant anoxia

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Anoxia

• Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory

Source - MeSH 2007

• hypoxia

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Anoxia

• hypoxia

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Anoxia

The following list attempts to classify Anoxia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• hypoxia
• drive
• physiological condition,physiological state
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
  • Signs and Symptoms
    • Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory
      • Anoxia

External links related to: Anoxia

• eMedicine - Respiratory Failure : Article by Sat Sharma, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCCP, DABSM
• Pulse Oximetry
• Inhaled nitric oxide for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in children and adults (Cochrane Review)

Source: Diseases Database

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