anoxia

Internationalism, from an- (“without”) +‎ ox- (“oxygen”) +‎ -ia (“disease”).^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænˈɒk.sɪ.ə/, /æˈnɒk-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ænˈɑk.si.ə/, /æˈnɑk-/

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• Hyphenation: an‧ox‧ia

anoxia (usually uncountable, plural anoxias)

1. (pathology) A condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.

   Hyponym: superanoxia

   Coordinate terms: eumoxia, hyperoxia, hypoxia, normoxia, physoxia

• asphyxia

• anóxia

Internationalism. By surface analysis, an- +‎ oxi- +‎ -ia. Compare French anoxie.

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧no‧xi‧a

anoxia f (plural anoxias)

1. (pathology) anoxia (condition involving complete lack of oxygen in the tissues)

   Coordinate terms: hiperoxia, hipoxia

• “anoxia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “anoxia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “anoxia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “anoxia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Internationalism. By surface analysis, an- +‎ oxi- +‎ -ia.

• IPA^(key): /aˈnoɡsja/ [aˈnoɣ̞.sja]
• Rhymes: -oɡsja
• Syllabification: a‧no‧xia

anoxia f (plural anoxias)

1. (pathology) anoxia (condition involving complete lack of oxygen in the tissues)

• “anoxia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025