- anoxic
- adjective
Date: 1920
1. of, relating to, or affected with anoxia
2. greatly deficient in oxygen ; oxygenless <anoxic water>
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Anoxic — An*ox ic ([a^]n*[o^]ks [i^]k), adj. [NL.; Gr. an priv. + oxygen.] 1. (Med.) of, pertaining to, or suffering from, anoxia. [PJC] 2. greatly deficient in, or totally lacking, oxygen. [PJC] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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anoxic — (ě nok sik) Without oxygen present … Dictionary of microbiology
anoxic — See anoxia. * * * … Universalium
