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Definition of Oxygen deficit
1. Noun. Temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise.
Definition of Oxygen deficit
1. Noun. the difference between the oxygen uptake of the body at rest and during exercise ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Oxygen deficit
1. The difference between oxygen uptake of the body during early stages of exercise and during a similar duration in a steady state of exercise; sometimes considered as the formation of the oxygen debt. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxygen Deficit
Literary usage of Oxygen deficit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Physiology: With Practical Exercises by George Neil Stewart (1918)
"We have now to explain more fully the cause of this oxygen deficit The Oxygen
Deficit.—The carbo-hydrates contain in themselves enough oxygen to form water ..."
2. The Composition of the Atmosphere with Special Reference to Its Oxygen Content by Francis Gano Benedict (1912)
"With a large ventilation the oxygen deficit may be very small in amount; conversely,
the smaller the ventilation, the larger will be the deficit. ..."
3. The Physiology of the New-born Infant: Character and Amount of the Katabolism by Francis Gano Benedict, Fritz Bradley Talbot, Karl Albert Hasselbalch (1915)
"It is, furthermore, obvious that the greater the carbon-dioxide increment and
the greater the oxygen deficit in the ventilating current of air, ..."
4. Rhythmic Breathing Plus Olfactory Nerve Influence on Respiration by Emily Noble (1908)
"... such is the marvelous rapidity with which local variations are equalized by
Nature that even in the air of crowded streets there is no oxygen deficit. ..."
5. Rhythmic Breathing Plus Olfactory Nerve Influence on Respiration by Emily Noble (1915)
"In this text-book for teachers the Author has made clear the lamentable oxygen
deficit in the lungs of children, but, fortunately, makes equally clear that ..."
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