Diseases

Hypoxia

Sub-optimal OXYGEN levels in the ambient air of living organisms.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Sub-optimal OXYGEN levels in the ambient air of living organisms.

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7 entry terms
  • Deficiency, Oxygen
  • Oxygen Deficiency
  • Deficiencies, Oxygen
  • Oxygen Deficiencies
  • Anoxemia
  • Anoxia
  • Hypoxemia

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with HYPEROXIA; restrict to disease or clinical state in humans and vertebrates: do not use for anoxic or hypoxic state in invertebrates or micro-organisms (= OXYGEN or ANAEROBIOSIS); FETAL HYPOXIA, HYPOXIA, BRAIN and CELL HYPOXIA are also available

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2017 (1966)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hypoxia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000860. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000860
  2. Hypoxia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoxia_(medicine)
  3. Hypoxia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105688