anoxia
Plural: anoxias
Noun
- An absence or deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues.
- severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues
- A condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.
Examples
- Playing ANOXIA with the X on a triple-letter score left him breathless.
Origin / Etymology
From an- (prefix meaning ‘lacking, without’) + ox- (meaning ‘oxygen’) + -ia (suffix forming names of diseases).
Scrabble Score: 13
anoxia: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordanoxia: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
anoxia: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
anoxia: valid Words With Friends Word