hypoxia

• He began going blue: hypoxia, the lung muscles seized up in the terrible spasms of pain. —  Diane Duane - Star Trek : The Next Generation - Dark Mirror
• "The problem is you could be overcome by the hypoxia, and therefore you don't have the reflex to stop it," Michos said. —  News from www.rep-am.com
• One of the major drives to tumor angiogenesis is hypoxia, a decrease in oxygen tension that characterizes the tumor microenvironment. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
• An electrochemical sensor provides an electrochemical monitor and tactile warning to the user to prevent hypoxia, which is insufficient oxygen levels in the bloodstream. —  SpaceRef Top Stories
• For instance, Hanahan and Casanovas's team studied whether choking off some blood vessels, and thereby inducing oxygen deprivation (hypoxia), might be driving the tumours to search elsewhere for sustenance. —  Latest Articles

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