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What is an oxygen debt?

What is an oxygen debt? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. the amount of extra oxygen required to oxidize lactic acid in the muscles built up during vigorous exercise
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Which component of the inflation response creates the pufferfish's oxygen debt?
For athletes, that means they will go into oxygen debt sooner and will start cramping up.
Consequently he went into oxygen debt at the end of the race.
When the diameter of the coronary arteries is reduced, blood flow cannot increase sufficiently and the heart runs up an oxygen debt.
The research indicates supplemental oxygen promotes health and that, conversely, chronic oxygen debt causes health problems.
When glucose consumption dominates, we find ourselves producing an abundance of lactic acid and therefore oxygen debt.

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