hyperventilation
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English
Etymology
From hyper- + ventilation.
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪpɚˌvɛntəˈleɪʃən/
- (UK) IPA(key): /haɪ.pə(ɹ)ˌvɛntəˈleɪ.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
hyperventilation (countable and uncountable, plural hyperventilations)
- (medicine, pulmonology) The state of breathing faster or deeper than necessary.
- 2012, H. Penzholz, M. Brock, J. Hamer, Brain Hypoxia: Pain, →ISBN, page 42:
- As artificial hyperventilation is advocated in the treatment of raised intracranial pressure, it must be questioned where to set the limit beyond which hypocapnically induced cerebral tissue hypoxia may occur.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “breathing faster”): hypoventilation
Derived terms
Translations
the state of breathing faster
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