drive - a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

anemic hypoxia - hypoxia resulting from a decreased concentration of hemoglobin

hypoxic hypoxia - hypoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs

ischemic hypoxia, stagnant hypoxia - hypoxia resulting from slow peripheral circulation (such as follows congestive cardiac failure)

asphyxia - a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas

altitude sickness - effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes

anoxia - severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues

asphyxiation, suffocation - the condition of being derprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)