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hypercapnia

hypercapnia noun: the condition of abnormally elevated carbon dioxide in the blood.

Noun

hypercapnia (usually uncountable, plural hypercapnias)

  1. (usually) The condition of abnormally elevated carbon dioxide in the blood.
    Synonyms:
    hypercarbia
    Antonyms:
    hypocapnia

hypercapnia meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

hypercapnia in Tamil

குருதியுள் கரியிருவுயிரகை மிகை

hypercapnia in Arabic

condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
فرط ثنائي أكسيد الكربون في الدم

hypercapnia in Indonesian

condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
hiperkapnia

Synonyms of hypercapnia

Antonyms

Forms of hypercapnia

pluralhypercapnias

Origin of hypercapnia

From hyper- + capn- + -ia; more at capno- § Etymology.

Words formed from hypercapnia

Questions about hypercapnia

What does hypercapnia mean?
Hypercapnia means the condition of abnormally elevated carbon dioxide in the blood.
What is hypercapnia in Tamil?
Hypercapnia in Tamil is குருதியுள் கரியிருவுயிரகை மிகை. See Hypercapnia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hypercapnia?
Hypercapnia is a noun.
What is the plural of hypercapnia?
The plural of hypercapnia is hypercapnias.

Words near hypercapnia in the dictionary

  1. hypercapillarization
  2. hypercapitalism
  3. hypercapitalist
  4. hypercapnea
  5. hypercapneic
  6. hypercapnia
  7. hypercapnias
  8. hypercapnic
  9. hypercapnically
  10. hypercapsulation
  11. hypercaptation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypercapnia (page history and authors); hypercapnia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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