oxygen deficit

deficit /def·i·cit/ (def´ĭ-sit) deficiency.

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oxygen deficit  see anoxia, hypoxemia, and hypoxia.

pulse deficit  the difference between the heart rate and the pulse rate in atrial fibrillation.

reversible ischemic neurologic deficit  (RIND) a type of cerebral infarction whose clinical course lasts between 24 and 72 hours.

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oxygen deficit

n.

The difference between oxygen uptake of the body during early stages of exercise and during a similar duration in a steady state of exercise, sometimes considered as the formation of oxygen debt.

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deficit

a lack or deficiency.

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oxygen deficit

a lack of oxygen, as in hypoxia or anoxia.