overoxygenation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, over- + oxygen + -ation.
Noun
[edit]overoxygenation (uncountable)
- (of living tissues or of ecological environments) The state of being overoxygenated; especially, in health care, too much oxygen therapy, typically in patients with pulmonary disease.
- Antonyms: underoxygenation; hypoxemia, hypoxia; anoxemia, anoxia
- Hyponyms: hyperoxemia, hyperoxia
- Coordinate terms: normoxemia, normoxia