Medical Definition of Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

1. Damage to cells in the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) from inadequate oxygen. Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy allegedly may cause in death in the newborn period or result in what is later recognised as developmental delay, mental retardation, or cerebral palsy. This is an area of considerable medical and medicolegal debate. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy

hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase
hypoxanthine oxidase
hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase
hypoxanthines
hypoxanthinosine
hypoxemia
hypoxemias
hypoxemic
hypoxia
hypoxia-ischemia
hypoxia warning system
hypoxias
hypoxic
hypoxic-hypercarbic encephalopathy
hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (current term)
hypoxic hypoxia
hypoxic nephrosis
hypozeugma
hypozeuxis
hypozincaemia
hypozincemia
hypozoic
hypped
hypping
hyppish
hyppogriff
hyppogriffs
hypromellose
hyps

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