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Hypoxia: A decreased partial pressure of oxygen in the blood. ^[e]

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Oxygen [r]: A chemical element with the symbol O and atomic number 8. ^[e]
Blood [r]: The body fluid that circulates in the vascular system (i.e., blood vessels). Whole blood includes plasma and blood cells. ^[e]
Air [r]: A colorless, odorless and tasteless mixture of gases consisting mostly of nitrogen (N₂) and oxygen (O₂) which is the part of Earth's atmosphere that humans and all other animals breathe in order to obtain the oxygen needed to sustain life. ^[e]
Gas exchange [r]: Add brief definition or description
Breathing [r]: Add brief definition or description
Pressure [r]: A ratio equal to the force applied perpendicular to the surface of the area divided by that area (force/area). ^[e]
Partial pressure [r]: The pressure which each gas in a gas mixture would have if it alone occupied the same volume at the same temperature. ^[e]

Suffocation [r]: Add brief definition or description
Hyperoxia [r]: An increased partial pressure of oxygen in the blood. ^[e]
Hypocapnia [r]: A decreased partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the blood. ^[e]
Hypercapnia [r]: An increased partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the blood. ^[e]
Hemoglobin [r]: Iron-containing allosteric protein in erythrocytes of vertebrates, consisting of about 6 percent heme and 94 percent globin; also the clinical measurement of hemoglobin per volume of whole blood, varying with age and sex ^[e]
Carbon dioxide [r]: Chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom. ^[e]