STAGNANT ANOXIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stagnant anoxia mean? 

• STAGNANT ANOXIA (noun)
  The noun STAGNANT ANOXIA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: STAGNANT ANOXIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAGNANT ANOXIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ischemic anoxia; stagnant anoxia

Hypernyms ("stagnant anoxia" is a kind of...):

anoxia (severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues)