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What does hypoxic mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hypoxic? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hypoxia.
  2. Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains less than 21% oxygen.
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When a person using inhalants becomes hypercapnic and hypoxic by rebreathing from a closed bag, the effects of the inhalant are intensified.
Seizures are usually due to hypoxic encephalopathy, hemorrhage or cerebral infarction.
Such damage might emerge after cerebellar maldevelopment, or an earlier undetected hypoxic or ischemic event.
The patient became febrile, hypoxic, developed hemorrhagic pneumonia, and died.
Control tissues were free of significant autolysis and showed no signs of hypoxic or ischemic injury.
Subjects were studied at baseline and during hypoxic and hypercapnic rebreathing tests.

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