anoxic
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9.3
- adjective
- /əˈnɑksɪk/
- Specialized
- Large areas of bare soil several meters in diameter appeared as grass disappeared and anoxic conditions developed in the soil beneath the crust.
- anoxic conditions
- anoxic sediments
- anoxic water
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Examples
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When it's captured in the recirculation tank, it becomes anoxic (low in dissolved oxygen).
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Second, she was jolted out of her anoxic state causing her to draw her first breath in 2 minutes.
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Because of the lack of oxygen to his brain, Christian experienced an anoxic brain injury.
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No, the Black Sea's anoxic at depth.
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Sometimes these zones are anoxic, with no oxygen.
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The system design must allow the air to be cycled on and off or have an anoxic zone so that denitrification can take place.
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During the anoxic cycle, bacteria can break down nitrates in the wastewater.
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Giant sulfur bacteria were found in anoxic sediments in the eastern South Pacific Ocean in 2004.
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The resultant decline in water quality and widespread fish kills due to the turnover of anoxic water damaged culture yields.
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In an anoxic environment, fish and other marine life cannot survive due to the lack of oxygen.
Synonyms
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8.1
Having less oxygen than normal in the body or a part of it
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6.5
Not needing oxygen to live or grow
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7.2
Without the part of air that living things need to breathe
Blood that does not carry oxygen
Having very low oxygen in the blood
Compounds
- Specialized
Not enough oxygen in the blood because the lungs cannot put oxygen into the blood
How Oxygenated
Surface Forms
Morphology
anoxic = oxic (transparent) = an + oxic
The prefix 'an-' clearly indicates 'without', and combined with 'oxic', it means 'without oxygen'.
Etymology
The word anoxic comes from the prefix an- meaning 'not' and the oxic part from oxygen, so it literally means 'without oxygen'. That's why anoxic is used for places or tissues that have no or very little oxygen.