hypocapnia

English

Etymology

From hypo- + Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”) + -ia.

Noun

hypocapnia (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood.
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 69:

     The patient Ms. Gompert seemed both to be fighting for breath and to be breathing rapidly enough to induce hypocapnia […]

Synonyms

• hypocarbia

Antonyms

• hypercapnia
• hypercarbia

Translations

state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood

• Czech: hypokapnie (cs) f
• French: hypocapnie (fr) f

• Italian: ipocapnia (it) f
• Portuguese: hipocapnia f