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isocapnia

isocapnia noun: a state of constant arterial carbon dioxide concentration (especially in arterial blood).

Noun

isocapnia (uncountable)

  1. A state of constant arterial carbon dioxide concentration (especially in arterial blood)
    • This will slightly increase the isocapnic HVR by the well-known multiplicative interaction between O 2 and CO 2 as carotid body stimuli, but more importantly it allows us to maintain isocapnia even if HVD should decrease ventilation, and increase P e ’ CO2 during the protocol [4 ].2016 January 5, “Ibuprofen Blunts Ventilatory Acclimatization to Sustained Hypoxia in Humans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of isocapnia

From iso- + -capnia.

Questions about isocapnia

What does isocapnia mean?
Isocapnia means a state of constant arterial carbon dioxide concentration (especially in arterial blood).
What part of speech is isocapnia?
Isocapnia is a noun.

Words near isocapnia in the dictionary

  1. isocalorific
  2. isocandela
  3. isocandelas
  4. isocapacitary
  5. isocapneic
  6. isocapnia
  7. isocapnic
  8. isocaproaldehyde
  9. isocaproate
  10. isocaproates
  11. isocaproic

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