oxygen deficit

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   temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise

   Broaderdeficit

Questions about oxygen deficit

What does oxygen deficit mean?

oxygen deficit means "temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise".

Is oxygen deficit a common word?

oxygen deficit 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.