hyperoxia

hyperoxia
1. An increased amount of oxygen in tissues and organs. 2. A greater oxygen tension than normal, such as that produced by breathing air or oxygen at pressures greater than 1 atmosphere.

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hy·per·ox·ia .hī-pə-'räk-sē-ə n a bodily condition characterized by a greater oxygen content of the tissues and organs than normally exists at sea level

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hy·per·ox·ia (hi″pər-okґse-ə) excessive oxygen in the system, resulting from exposure to high oxygen concentrations, especially to hyperbaric pressures of oxygen. See oxygen toxicity, under toxicity. hyperoxic adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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