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English
Etymology
From under- + ventilate.
Pronunciation
Verb
underventilate (third-person singular simple present underventilates, present participle underventilating, simple past and past participle underventilated)
- (transitive) To ventilate insufficiently.
- (intransitive) To breathe insufficiently; to hypoventilate.
2006, Fiona Coyer, Joanne Ramsbotham, “Respiratory Health Breakdown”, in Esther Chang, John Daly, Doug Elliott, editors, Pathophysiology Applied to Nursing Practice, Marrickville, NSW: Mosby, →ISBN, page 145:This is usually seen in patients whose respiratory drive is suppressed (e.g., overmedication with narcotics or head trauma), or in patients who underventilate due to pain with breathing (e.g., any thoracic trauma or postoperatively following thoracic and upper abdominal surgery).