- postanoxic
- \(|) ̷ ̷+\ adjective
Etymology: post- + anoxic: following a period of anoxia
postanoxic respiratory rhythms
a postanoxic hyperpnea, greater than that attained during hypoxia — T.G.Bernthal
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