underoxygenation

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, under- +‎ oxygen +‎ -ation.

Noun

underoxygenation (uncountable)

  1. (of living tissues or of ecological environments) The state of being underoxygenated.
    Antonyms: overoxygenation; hyperoxemia, hyperoxia
    Hyponyms: hypoxemia, hypoxia; anoxemia, anoxia
    Coordinate terms: normoxemia, normoxia
    • 2005, Stephen C. Cunnane, Survival of the Fattest: The Key to Human Brain Evolution, page 59:
      Because uterine contractions tend to compress the baby and restrict blood flow in some areas of the body during birthing, transient underoxygenation of brain (hypoxia) commonly occurs during birth.
    • 2016, Charles W Bamforth, Brewing Materials and Processes, page 80:
      Underoxygenation is a bigger concern than slight overoxygenation. The yeast will very quickly remove all of the oxygen from the wort when pitched.
    • 2021, Yogi Ramacharaka (William Walker Atkinson), Hatha Yoga:
      In imperfect or shallow breathing, only a portion of the lung cells are brought into play, and a great portion of the lung capacity is lost, the system suffering in proportion to the amount of underoxygenation.
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