hypoxia

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a condition in which there is not enough oxygen available to the blood and body tissues:

Doctors are learning more about the threat that affects every airline passenger: hypoxia, the term for too little oxygen.

After major surgery hypoxia can occur for up to for 3 days, particularly at night.

a situation in which there is not enougth oxygen in a place or environment:

His team studied fish in an estuary suffering hypoxia.

Hypoxia is an oxygen deficiency in water that threatens the survival of many species.