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hypocapnea

hypocapnea is the misspelling of hypocapnia.

Meaning of hypocapnia

Noun

hypocapnia (uncountable)

  1. A state of diminished carbon dioxide in the blood.
    • The patient Ms. Gompert seemed both to be fighting for breath and to be breathing rapidly enough to induce hypocapnia […]1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 69
    Synonyms:
    hypocarbia

Questions about hypocapnea

What is hypocapnea the misspelling of?
Hypocapnea is the misspelling of hypocapnia.

Words near hypocapnea in the dictionary

  1. hypocalcinuria
  2. hypocalciuria
  3. hypocalciuric
  4. hypocaloric
  5. hypocampal
  6. hypocapnea
  7. hypocapnia
  8. hypocapnic
  9. hypocapnically
  10. hypocapsular
  11. hypocaptation

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