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acapnic

acapnic adjective: relating to acapnia.

Adjective

acapnic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to acapnia
    • Henderson's theory is based on the assumption that the respiratory centre becomes less sensitive to carbon dioxide in the blood during anaesthesia, and so the subject is more readily rendered acapnic, and less readily recovers from acapnia.1922, Alfred Goodman Levy, Chloroform Anæsthesia, page 50

Origin of acapnic

From acapnia + -ic or a- + -capnic.

Questions about acapnic

What does acapnic mean?
Acapnic means relating to acapnia.
What part of speech is acapnic?
Acapnic is an adjective.

Words near acapnic in the dictionary

  1. acantocephalan
  2. acapatamab
  3. acapella
  4. acapnia
  5. acapnial
  6. acapnic
  7. acapnotic
  8. acapnotics
  9. acappellas
  10. acaprazine
  11. acapsular

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