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hypocapnia

hypocapnia noun: a state of diminished carbon dioxide in the blood.

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

Synonyms of hypocapnia

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Origin of hypocapnia

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

Questions about hypocapnia

What does hypocapnia mean?
Hypocapnia means a state of diminished carbon dioxide in the blood.
What part of speech is hypocapnia?
Hypocapnia is a noun.

Words near hypocapnia in the dictionary

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

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