Medical Dictionary

histotoxic hypoxia

noun

Medical Definition of HISTOTOXIC HYPOXIA

:  a deficiency of oxygen reaching the bodily tissues due to impairment of cellular respiration especially by a toxic agent (as cyanide or alcohol)

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