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- noun Plural form of
hypoxia .
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Examples
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The algae use up all the oxygen in the water, creating hypoxias, or huge dead zones in our oceans where no marine life can exist.
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All told, 146 major hypoxias dot the world's oceans, and all are growing.
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One of the world's largest hypoxias is in the Gulf of Mexico, near the mouth of the Mississippi River.
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