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anoxia

In biology, deprivation of oxygen, a condition that rapidly leads to collapse or death, unless immediately reversed.



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However, the report noted that the degenerative changes observed in several organs of the aborted fetuses were indicative of tissue anoxia, symptomatic of methemoglobinemia.
Irreversible cerebral anoxia, or lowered oxygen to the brain, due to asphyxiation serves as the mechanism of death.
Anoxia is thought to trigger the activation of C fibers, ultimately causing pain in the anoxic region of tendon.
 
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