Oxygen debt is when your cells don't recieve enough oxygen during excercise they start respiring without it, creating lactic acid as a result. Debt is simply breathing in the required amount of oxygen needed to get rid of the lactic acid that built up.
Oxygen debt occurs when your intake of oxygen isn't as high as the rate you are using the oxygen. This often occurs in sport and is caused by Anaerobic Respiration.
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