To warrant an assault and battery 2nd degree charge, the accused person injures another person, or offers or attempts to injure another person with the present ability to do so and: 1  The victim is moderately injured or the victim could have been moderately injured; OR.
Hypo-: Prefix meaning low, under, beneath, down, or below normal, as in hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and hyposensitivity (undersensitivity). The opposite of hypo-is hyper-.
Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV), also known as the Euler-Liljestrand mechanism, is a physiological phenomenon in which small pulmonary arteries constrict in the presence of alveolar hypoxia (low oxygen levels).