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Anoxic vs Oxic - What's the difference?

anoxic | oxic | Antonyms |

Oxic is a antonym of anoxic.



As adjectives the difference between anoxic and oxic

is that anoxic is suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen while oxic is sharp; pointy.

anoxic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen.
  • Lacking oxygen.

    • Related terms

    * anoxia * hypoxic * normoxic * hyperoxic English terms with alpha privatives

    oxic

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Sharp; pointy.

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Containing oxygen.
    • Antonyms
    * anoxic
    See also
    * aerobic

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