anoxic

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   relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs

Questions about anoxic

What does anoxic mean?

anoxic means "relating to or marked by a severe deficiency of oxygen in tissues or organs".

How many syllables are in anoxic?

anoxic has 3 syllables and divides as a-nox-ic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is anoxic a common word?

anoxic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.