hypocapnia
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Etymology[edit]
From hypo- + Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”) + -ia.
Noun[edit]
hypocapnia (uncountable)
- (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 […]
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 69:
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state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
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