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Noun: hypoxaemia  ,hI,pók'see-mee-u
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: hypoxemia)
  1. (medicine) condition of having abnormally little oxygen in the blood
    "The patient's hypoxaemia required immediate oxygen therapy";
    - hypoxemia [N. Amer]

Derived forms: hypoxaemias

Encyclopedia: Hypoxaemia