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Hypoxia means “too low oxygen delivery”, whereas anoxia means “no oxygen delivery”. Hypoxia therefore refers to the state where an organ or a tissue receives too small amounts of oxygen to function appropriately, whereas anoxia refers to the state without oxygen delivered to the organ/tissue at all. Anoxia will always cause tissue death, i.e. infarction.
Hypoxia means “too low oxygen delivery”, whereas anoxia means “no oxygen delivery”. Hypoxia therefore refers to the state where an organ or a tissue receives too small amounts of oxygen to function appropriately, whereas anoxia refers to the state without oxygen delivered to the organ/tissue at all. Anoxia will always cause tissue death, i.e. infarction.
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