hybaroxia

Oxygen therapy with pressures greater than 1 atmosphere or ambient oxygen pressure applied to the entire body in a chamber or room. [G. hyper, above, + baros, pressure, + oxys, acute]

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hy·bar·ox·ia (hi″bar-okґse-ə) inhalation therapy using hyperbaric oxygen, i.e., oxygen at pressures greater than 1 atmosphere.