lack of oxygen

collocation in English

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oxygen
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɒk.sɪ.dʒən/us
/ˈɑːk.sɪ.dʒən/
a chemical element that is a gas with no smell or colour. Oxygen forms a large part of the air on earth, and is needed by animals and plants ...
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(Definition oflack-ofandoxygenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Total circulatory arrest increases the risk of neuronal injury due tolackofoxygen.
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Clearly, wood materials were dropped into the shaft while burning and snuffed out due tolackofoxygenas the shaft filled.
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It is believed that, in most cases, death is due tolackofoxygen, though certain products of decomposition are doubtless toxic.
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The deaths all occurred as a result oflackofoxygen.
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There is little point in carrying out major surgery if the majority of patients die fromlackofoxygen.
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Lackofoxygenon the flight led to symptoms of myocarditis.
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It is no good eventually conquering inflation if, in the process, the patient has died oflackofoxygen, or something of that nature.
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If one of them forgets to shut a door he may smother his father and brothers, forlackofoxygen.
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A small number of children have died from poisoning or fromlackofoxygenwhile sniffing solvents.
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They run the risk of dying an unusually painful death, brought on by either thirst orlackofoxygen.
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At one period during last summer fish were dying in the water forlackofoxygen.
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Many fish die from alackofoxygenand not from a lack of food.
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There have been many articles about the risk of cross-infection andlackofoxygenwhile flying.
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The coroner concluded that there were four causes of death: cardio-respiratory failure, hypoxia —lackofoxygen—dental anaesthesia and tracheo-bronchitis.
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May not death be caused to fish by such things as pollution,lackofoxygen, or in some other way?
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The decline is attributable in the main tolackofoxygen.
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I regret to say that a member of the squadron died shortly after landing in this country; his death was due to the effects oflackofoxygen.
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There is a relativelackofoxygenwithin the egg, but salmonella requires oxygen to develop in numbers which can become a health hazard for human beings.
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My wife did not receive the proper medical attention and care; she was neglected and her death was hastened by thelackofoxygenat the proper time.
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