Definition of "hyperoxia" []

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

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• "Busso T, Castells J, Bonnefoy R, Benoit H, et al. (1998) Validity of oxygen uptake measurements during exercise under moderate hyperoxia."
• "HBOT causes both mechanical and physiologic effects by inducing a state of increased pressure and hyperoxia."
• "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."