Hypoxemia (or hypoxaemia in British English) is an abnormally low level of oxygen in the blood. More specifically, it is oxygen deficiency in arterial blood. Hypoxemia has many causes, often respiratory disorders, and can cause tissue hypoxia as the blood is not supplying enough oxygen to the body. ==Definition== Hypoxemia refers to low oxygen in ...
Deficient oxygenation of the blood.
(hypo- + oxygen + Gr. haima blood + -ia) deficient oxygenation of the blood; hypoxia.
(from the article `blood disease`) ...altitudes is a direct result of the diminished oxygen pressure in the environment. Chronic pulmonary disease (e.g., emphysema—abnormal distension ... condition of the body in which the tissues are starved of oxygen. In its extreme form, where oxygen is entirely absent, the condition is called ....
A condition in which there is not enough oxygen in the blood.
Deficient oxygenation of the blood.
Synonym for hypoxaemia ... <biochemistry> Below-normal oxygen content in arterial blood due to deficient oxygenation of the blood and resulting in hypoxia. ... Origin: Gr. Haima = blood ... (11 Jan 1998) ... 
(hi″pok-se´me-ә) deficient oxygenation of the blood. The most reliable method for measuring the degree of this is blood gas analysis to determine the partial pressure of oxygen in the arterial blood. Insufficient oxygenation of the blood may lead to hypoxia.
Type: Term Pronunciation: hī′pok-sē′mē-ă Definitions: 1. Subnormal oxygenation of arterial blood, short of anoxia.
(hi;pok-se;me-ua) A low oxygen concentration of the arterial blood.
Abnormally low blood oxygen levels
a reduced level of oxygen in the blood