| hypoxia | Reduction of oxygen supply to tissue below physiological levels despite adequate perfusion of the tissue by blood. (cf. Anoxia). (18 Nov 1997) |
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| hypoxia warning system | A device designed to produce an audio or visual signal at a predetermined level of oxygen partial pressure; ideally, the system would warn of impending hypoxia in time for corrective action to be taken. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypoxia-ischemia | See hypoxia. Ischemia refers to blood flow to cells and organs that is not sufficient to maintain their normal function. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anaemic hypoxia | Hypoxia resulting from a decreased concentration of functional haemoglobin or a reduced number of erythrocytes; it is caused by haemorrhage or anaemia of various types, or by poisoning with CO2, nitrites, or chlorates. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cell hypoxia | A condition of decreased oxygen content at the cellular level. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cerebral hypoxia | A lack of oxygen to the cerebral hemispheres (the brain). Depending on the duration and extent of hypoxia, symptoms can be mild (for example lethargy) or serious neurologic damage can result (for example coma, seizures, death). (27 Sep 1997) |
| hypoxic hypoxia | Hypoxia resulting from a defective mechanism of oxygenation in the lungs; may be caused by a low tension of oxygen, abnormal pulmonary function or respiratory obstruction, or a right-to-left shunt in the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stagnant hypoxia | Tissue hypoxia characterised not by tissue oligaemia (tissue blood volume being normal or even increased), but by intravascular stasis due to impairment of venous outflow or (in some instances) to decreased arterial inflow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| delayed coma after hypoxia | Coma that develops a few days to 3 weeks after an acute hypoxic insult; the latter was usually severe enough to cause an initial bout of coma, which cleared, and was followed by a transient interval of apparent normality. Synonym: severe postanoxic encephalopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diffusion hypoxia | Abrupt transient decrease in alveolar oxygen tension when room air is inhaled at the conclusion of a nitrous oxide anaesthesia, because nitrous oxide diffusing out of the blood dilutes the alveolar oxygen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ischemic hypoxia | Tissue hypoxia characterised by tissue oligaemia and caused by arterial or arteriolar obstruction or vasoconstriction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxygen affinity hypoxia | Hypoxia due to reduced ability of haemoglobin to release oxygen. (05 Mar 2000) |