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anóxico

Portuguese, adjective/aˈnɔk.si.ku/

anóxico is a Portuguese adjective meaning “anoxic (lacking oxygen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sem a presença de oxigênio, mas na presença de nitrato”.

What does anóxico mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    anoxic (lacking oxygen)

    Clostridium botulinum é um organismo que prolifera-se em ambientes anóxicos.

  2. 2

    anoxic (suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. sem a presença de oxigênio, mas na presença de nitrato

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of anóxico

  • anóxica feminine
  • anóxicos masculine plural
  • anóxicas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce anóxico?

  • Brazil /aˈnɔk.si.ku/
  • Portugal /ɐˈnɔk.si.ku/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to anóxico

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is anóxico in Portuguese?

anóxico appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).