hypoxia

/hahy-pok-see-uh/US // haɪˈpɒk si ə //UK // (haɪˈpɒksɪə) //

缺氧,低氧,缺氧症,低氧症

Definitions

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- : Biology. a very low level of oxygen, as in an organic environment: The fish have developed a tolerance to the hypoxia of the swamp.
- : Pathology. an abnormally low amount of oxygen in the body tissues: Premature newborns are routinely placed in incubators to treat or prevent hypoxia.Compare anoxia, hypoxemia.

But by the time the turn was executed the flight crew could have succumbed to hypoxia.
Hypoxia or anoxia or lack of oxygen could affect his memory.