(medicine, obsolete) A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body leads to loss of consciousness or death. Replaced in the mid-20th century by the more specific terms anoxia, hypoxia, hypoxemia and hypercapnia.
Loss of consciousness due to the body's inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing of air lacking oxygen or by the inability of the blood to carry oxygen.
Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia.
axophyte
axophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant with an axis or stem
chronaxy
chronaxy
noun
Alternative form of chronaxie
exophagy
exophagy
noun
(rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group.
hexandry
hexapody
hexapody
noun
(poetry, countable) Six metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
(zoology, uncountable) The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness.
hexarchy
hexarchy
noun
A group of six states.
homotaxy
homotaxy
noun
Alternative form of homotaxis
huxleyan
huxleyan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1894–1963), British writer.
Of or pertaining to (1825–1895), English anatomist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of theory of evolution.
hypaxial
hypaxial
adj
(anatomy) Situated beneath an axis
noun
(anatomy) Such a muscle
hypoxias
hypoxias
noun
plural of hypoxia
oxyaphia
oxybapha
phylaxis
phylaxis
noun
(medicine) Protection against infectious disease.
xenophya
xenophya
noun
(biology) foreign particles found within an organism, such as sand grains