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carbonæmia

carbonæmia noun: an excessive amount of carbon, particularity carbon dioxide, in the blood.

Noun

carbonæmia

  1. An excessive amount of carbon, particularity carbon dioxide, in the blood.
    • While it produces less carbonæmia than the above mentioned agents, its special effect is to so alter the blood corpuscles as to prevent them from assimilating oxygen.1875, Faneuil D. Weisee, “Nitrous Oxide Gas”, in The Sanitarian, volume II, page 29

Origin of carbonæmia

From carbon + -aemia, conjunction: Latin carbo (“charcol”) and Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Questions about carbonæmia

What does carbonæmia mean?
Carbonæmia means an excessive amount of carbon, particularity carbon dioxide, in the blood.
What part of speech is carbonæmia?
Carbonæmia is a noun.

Words near carbonæmia in the dictionary

  1. carbonylhemoglobin
  2. carbonylic
  3. carbonyloxy
  4. carbonyls
  5. carbonylsulfide
  6. carbonæmia
  7. Carboor
  8. carbopalladation
  9. carbopalladations
  10. carbophilic
  11. carbophobe

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