hyperoxemia

[hahy-per-ok-see-mee-uh]

hy·per·ox·e·mi·a

[hahy-per-ok-see-mee-uh]
noun Pathology.
abnormal acidity of the blood.

Origin:
hyper- + ox(y)-1 + -emia
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Hyperoxemia has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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