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  • noun pathology A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.

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Examples

  • This implies that oxygen and the excess amount of oxygen in body tissue, or hyperoxia, that it provides can lessen skin damage and wrinkling caused by UVB radiation.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • HBOT causes both mechanical and physiologic effects by inducing a state of increased pressure and hyperoxia.

    WN.com - Articles related to These old eyes 2010

  • HBOT causes both mechanical and physiologic effects by inducing a state of increased pressure and hyperoxia.

    WN.com - Articles related to These old eyes 2010

  • Busso T, Castells J, Bonnefoy R, Benoit H, et al. (1998) Validity of oxygen uptake measurements during exercise under moderate hyperoxia.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jennifer A. Schrack et al. 2010

  • HBOT causes both mechanical and physiologic effects by inducing a state of increased pressure and hyperoxia.

    WN.com - Articles related to These old eyes 2010

  • HBOT causes both mechanical and physiologic effects by inducing a state of increased pressure and hyperoxia.

    WN.com - Articles related to These old eyes 2010

  • This implies that oxygen and the excess amount of oxygen in body tissue, or hyperoxia, that it provides can lessen skin damage and wrinkling caused by UVB radiation.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • She completed the eight weeks of helium-hyperoxia but decided to continue in a maintenance program.

    canada.com Top Stories 2009

  • "If we can get more of them to exercise and enjoy exercise and get the benefits of exercise, then potentially they can manage their disease better," said Eves, an assistant professor in the U of C's Faculty of Medicine and creator of helium-hyperoxia therapy.

    canada.com Top Stories 2009

  • University of Calgary researcher Neil Eves calls it "helium-hyperoxia" - a mixture of 40 per cent oxygen and 60 per cent helium.

    canada.com Top Stories 2009

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