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Further, revived individuals might suffer various levels of brain malfunction due to opiates generated oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) that might compromise their further will to engage in treatment.
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Dr. Yifrah Kaminer, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2025
However, the court declined to intervene in the nation's first nitrogen hypoxia execution last year.
—CBS News, 18 Mar. 2025
Now, let there be no doubt, nitrogen hypoxia is one of the cruelest and most unusual forms of punishment to ever exist.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Myers was to be executed by nitrogen gas hypoxia, though no date had been set.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2025
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Dr. Yifrah Kaminer, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2025
However, the court declined to intervene in the nation's first nitrogen hypoxia execution last year.
—CBS News, 18 Mar. 2025
Now, let there be no doubt, nitrogen hypoxia is one of the cruelest and most unusual forms of punishment to ever exist.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Myers was to be executed by nitrogen gas hypoxia, though no date had been set.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2025
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“Hypoxia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypoxia. Accessed 3 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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