hypoxic.

Having an oxygen supply below what a relevant organism, tissue, or environment requires.

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Words that belong together

• hypoxic tissue
• hypoxic water

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Hypoxic tissue appeared near the region with reduced circulation.

Fish left the hypoxic water before the instruments registered complete oxygen depletion.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Relational adjective; compare degree of resistance or deficiency explicitly rather than forcing a routine superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.