Word of the Day July 8, 2017

anoxic

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an·ox·i·a

(ăn-ŏk′sē-ə)

n.

1. Absence of oxygen.
2. A pathological deficiency of oxygen, especially hypoxia.

[an- + ox(o)- + -ia.]