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OXYGEN DEFICIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oxygen deficit mean?
• OXYGEN DEFICIT (noun)
The noun OXYGEN DEFICIT has 1 sense:
1. temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise
Familiarity information: OXYGEN DEFICIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("oxygen deficit" is a kind of...):
deficit; shortage; shortfall (the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required)
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