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HYPERCARBIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does hypercarbia mean?

• HYPERCARBIA (noun)
The noun HYPERCARBIA has 1 sense:

1. the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood

Familiarity information: HYPERCARBIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HYPERCARBIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hypercapnia; hypercarbia

Hypernyms ("hypercarbia" is a kind of...):

physiological condition; physiological state (the state of the body or bodily functions)

Holonyms ("hypercarbia" is a part of...):

asphyxia (a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas)

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