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As states that still practice capital punishment faced difficulties obtaining drugs for lethal injections, nitrogen hypoxia was developed as a workaround to the primary method used around the country.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2025
The tarantulas were subjected to a hypoxia test, which researchers often perform to assess a species’ adaptations to low-oxygen environments like caves.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 9 June 2025
On Tuesday, he is expected to be executed via nitrogen hypoxia.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
Gregory Hunt, Alabama Alabama inmate Gregory Hunt, 65, is scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia on Tuesday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced in May.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2025
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2025
The tarantulas were subjected to a hypoxia test, which researchers often perform to assess a species’ adaptations to low-oxygen environments like caves.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 9 June 2025
On Tuesday, he is expected to be executed via nitrogen hypoxia.
—Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
Gregory Hunt, Alabama Alabama inmate Gregory Hunt, 65, is scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia on Tuesday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced in May.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2025
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“Hypoxia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypoxia. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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hypoxia
noun
hyp·ox·ia
hip-ˈäk-sē-ə 
hī-ˈpäk-
hī-ˈpäk-
: a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body
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