Medical Terminology / Unit 9 MedTerm 0548 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Hypoxia
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The idea
Hypoxia is a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues.
In practice
The prefix hypo names below normal, and ox names oxygen.
Where people slip
Hypoxia names low oxygen in tissue. A related term names low oxygen in the blood.
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