oxygen debt
nounPhysiology.
the body's oxygen deficiency resulting from strenuous physical activity.
Origin of oxygen debt
1First recorded in 1920–25
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How to use oxygen debt in a sentence
He has used up the surplus oxygen in his system, and that has to be replaced; he has run into 'oxygen debt'.
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