HYPOXIA

hypoxia

(noun) oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hypoxia (countable and uncountable, plural hypoxias)

(pathology) A condition in which tissues (especially the blood) are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen; anoxia [from 1940s]

A reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in an aquatic environment.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

1 April 2025

ANYMORE

(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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