oxygen deficit
- noun
- /ˈɑksɪdʒən ˈdɛfɪsɪt/
- Specialized
:
déficit de oxígeno
- Proper training helps the muscles recover faster from oxygen deficit during intense exercise.
Examples
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During vigorous cycling, your body may temporarily fall into oxygen deficit.
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During sprinting, an oxygen deficit can occur.
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After sprinting for several minutes, the athlete experienced oxygen deficit and had to slow down.
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An oxygen deficit can occur.
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After sprinting for several minutes, the athlete experienced oxygen deficit and had to slow down.
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During vigorous cycling, your body may temporarily fall into oxygen deficit.
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Proper training helps the muscles recover faster from oxygen deficit during intense exercise.
Synonyms
9
7.9
Not enough oxygen reaches parts of the body, for example the brain
1
5.7
A short time after hard exercise when the body lacks oxygen and breathing becomes heavy to recover
How Severe
- Specialized
1
5.7
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward combination of 'oxygen' (the gas needed for respiration) and 'deficit' (a shortfall), so its meaning — a shortage of oxygen — is directly derivable from the constituents. This noun+noun composition is compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Oxygen deficit comes from a simple image: during very hard exercise the body uses oxygen faster than it can bring more, creating a 'shortage' — a deficit — in the muscles. So the term means a short time when cells do not have enough oxygen and must wait 'until the body catches up'.