English

Noun

anoxæmia

1. Archaic spelling of anoxaemia.
   • 1920, J. R. Barcroft, in The Scientific Monthly, The Science Press; Volume XI, page 442:

     To what extent does acute anoxæmia in a healthy subject wreck the machinery as well as stop the machine? By acute anoxæmia I mean complete or almost complete deprivation of oxygen which, in the matter of time, is too short to prove fatal.

References

• 1895, Robley Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, Lea Brothers & Co.; Twenty‐First edition, page 69.