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  • 1anoxemia — anoxemic, anoxaemic, adj. /an ok see mee euh/, n. a deficiency of oxygen in the arterial blood. Also, anoxaemia. [1885 90; AN 1 + OX(YGEN) + EMIA] * * * …

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  • 2anoxia — anoxic, adj. /an ok see euh, euh nok /, n. 1. an abnormally low amount of oxygen in the body tissues; hypoxia. 2. the mental and physical disturbances that occur as a result of hypoxia. [1930 35; AN 1 + OX(YGEN) + IA] * * * …

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  • 3carboxyl — carboxylic, adj. /kahr bok sil/, adj. containing the carboxyl group. [1865 70; CARB + OX(YGEN) + YL] * * * …

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  • 4lox — lox1 /loks/, n. a kind of brine cured salmon, having either a salt cure (Scandinavian lox) or a sugar cure (Nova Scotia lox), often eaten with cream cheese on a bagel. [1940 45; < Yiddish laks salmon; cf. MHG, OHG lahs, c. OE leax, ON lax] lox2&#8230; …

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  • 5oxime — /ok seem, sim/, n. Chem. any of a group of compounds containing the group > C=NOH, produced by the condensation of ketones or aldehydes with hydroxylamine. [1890 95; OX(YGEN) + IM(ID)E] * * * ▪ chemical compound       any of a class of nitrogen&#8230; …

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  • 6pyridoxine — /pir i dok seen, sin/, n. Biochem. a derivative of pyridine, C8H11NO3, occurring in whole grain cereals, meats, fish, etc., and also made synthetically: required for the prevention of pellagra and the formation of hemoglobin; vitamin B6. Also,&#8230; …

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  • 7siloxane — /si lok sayn/, n. Chem. any of the class of compounds containing the structural unit R2SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen. [1920 25; SIL(ICON) + OX(YGEN) + ANE] * * * …

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  • 8Hygen-Auguste Cavé — Hygen Auguste Cavé, né à Doudeville (Seine Maritime) le 8&#160;octobre&#160;1796, mort à Paris le 30&#160;mars&#160;1852. La copie de son acte de naissance dans le dossier de la Légion d honneur (Base Leonore) lui donne pour prénom Ygin Auguste,&#8230; …

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  • 9anoxemia — an•ox•e•mi•a [[t]ˌæn ɒkˈsi mi ə[/t]] n. pat a deficiency of oxygen in the arterial blood • Etymology: 1885–90; an I+ox (ygen) + emia an ox•e′mic, adj …

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  • 10anoxia — an•ox•i•a [[t]ænˈɒk si ə, əˈnɒk [/t]] n. 1) pat lack of oxygen, as in suffocation 2) pat hypoxia • Etymology: 1930–35; an I+ox (ygen) + ia an•ox′ic, adj …

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