acapnic

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English

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Etymology

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From acapnia +‎ -ic or a- +‎ -capnic.

Adjective

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acapnic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to acapnia
    • 1922, Alfred Goodman Levy, Chloroform Anæsthesia, page 50:
      Henderson's theory is based on the assumption that the respiratory centre becomes less sensitive to carbon dioxide in the blood during anaesthesia, and so the subject is more readily rendered acapnic, and less readily recovers from acapnia.