ISCHEMIC HYPOXIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ischemic hypoxia mean? 

• ISCHEMIC HYPOXIA (noun)
  The noun ISCHEMIC HYPOXIA has 1 sense:

1. hypoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure)

  Familiarity information: ISCHEMIC HYPOXIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISCHEMIC HYPOXIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hypoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ischemic hypoxia; stagnant hypoxia

Hypernyms ("ischemic hypoxia" is a kind of...):

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