The medical term that means deficient levels of oxygen in the blood is:
A) hypoxia
B) hypocapnia
C) hypoxemia
D) anoxia
C
Explanation: The prefix hypo- means "deficient, abnormally low, or below"; the root ox, "oxygen"; and the suffix -emia, "blood." Not to be confused with hyp/oxia, where the suffix -oxia means "condition of oxygen referring to low levels in the body," not specifically in the blood.
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