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hyperoxia

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hyperoxia /hy·per·ox·ia/ (-ok´se-ah) an excess of oxygen in the system.hyperox´ic
hy·per·ox·i·a (hpr-ks-)
n.
1. An excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.
2. A higher than normal oxygen tension, such as that produced by breathing air or oxygen at greater than atmospheric pressures.

hyperoxia
[-ok′sē·ə]
abnormally high oxygen tension in the blood.

hyperoxia [hi″per-ok´se-ah]
an abnormally increased supply or concentration of oxygen.

hyperoxia (hī´prok´sē),
n an excess of oxygen in the system.

hyperoxia
an abnormally increased supply or concentration of oxygen.


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Also, only a comparison of HH to ambient air was made in this study and not HH to hyperoxia.
BOLD MRI response to hypercapnic hyperoxia in patients with meningiomas: Correlation with Gadolinium-DTPA uptake rate.
The manuscript published in Pediatric Research is: Surfaxin (KL-4 surfactant) Protects Human Airway Epithelium from Hyperoxia (Zhu et al.
 
 
 
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