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HYPOCAPNIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does hypocapnia mean?

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

1. a state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal; can result from deep or rapid breathing

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

Dictionary entry details

• HYPOCAPNIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal; can result from deep or rapid breathing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acapnia; hypocapnia

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

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

Antonym:

hypercapnia (the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood)

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