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oxyaphia (medicine) and mechanism (oh)


oxyaphia (medicine)


oxyaphia


Synonym: hyperaphia.

Origin: G. Oxys, acute, + haphe, touch


mechanism (oh)



part of a machine or a set of parts that does a particular job
::the brake mechanism
::a clock mechanism
a system that is intended to achieve something or deal with a problem
mechanism for (doing) sth
::existing mechanisms for decision making
mechanism to do sth
::The Army has set up mechanisms to help jobless ex-soldiers get work.
-see also exchange rate mechanism
a system or a way of behaving that helps a living thing to avoid or protect itself from something difficult or dangerous
defence/control/survival mechanism
::When a person is ill, the body's natural defence mechanisms come into operation.
the way that something works
mechanism of
::the mechanism of the brain