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Meaning of "acapnia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACAPNIA

eɪˈkæpnɪə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACAPNIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acapnia is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ACAPNIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hypocapnia

Hypocapnia or hypocapnea also known as hypocarbia, sometimes incorrectly called acapnia, is a state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood. Hypocapnia usually results from deep or rapid breathing, known as hyperventilation. Hypocapnia is the opposite of hypercapnia.

Definition of acapnia in the English dictionary

The definition of acapnia in the dictionary is the state of lacking carbon dioxide in the blood.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACAPNIA

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACAPNIA

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WORDS THAT END LIKE ACAPNIA

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Synonyms and antonyms of acapnia in the English dictionary of synonyms

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acapnia
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acapnia
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acapnia
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acapnia
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نقص الكربمية
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гипокапния
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acapnia
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acapnia
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acapnia
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Acapnia
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acapnia
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acapnia
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acapnia
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Acapnia
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acapnia
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இரத்தக் கரிவளிக் குறைவு
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अॅपेनिया
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acapnia
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acapnia
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acapnia
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гіпокапнія
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acapnia
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acapnia
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acapnia
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acapnia
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acapnia
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACAPNIA»

Discover the use of acapnia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acapnia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Respiratory Function of the Blood
The position then at the end of Mosso's life may be briefly stated in the following table: SCHEME 1 Insufficient oxygen Possrble [Anommia] causes of mountam Low barometric pressure as such producing Sickness [Acapnia] Granting the ...
Joseph Barcroft, 2014
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An Annotated Bibliography of Flicker Fusion Phenomena ...
FENN, W. O., GALAMBOS, R., OTIS, A. B., and RAHN, H. Corneo- retinal potential in anoxia and acapnia. J. appL Physiol., 1949, 1, 710-716. The corneo- retinal potential is increased about 20 per cent by acapnia with an alveolar pCO2of ...
Carney Landis, 1953
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The Dictionary of Cell & Molecular Biology
Acanthus Genus plants. of spiny-leaved Mediterranean acapnia Medical condition (hypocapnia, hypocapnea, hypocarbia) in which there is a low concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood. ACAT An enzyme (acyl coenzyme A :cholesterol ...
John M. Lackie, 2012
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The Respiratory Function of the Blood: Lessons from high ...
jX)w barometric pressure as such producing sickness [Acapnia] Granting the possibility of the existence of acapnia, the further question would arise: How does the acapnia produce its supposed results? There are two possible ways in which it ...
Sir Joseph Barcroft, 1925
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Library of Health and Living: Encyclopedia of Asthma and ...
acapnia The absence of carbon dioxide. From the Greek word akapnos, meaning smokeless, acapnia indicates a level of carbon dioxide lower than the normal amount found in blood and bodily tissues, such as the level resulting from ...
Tova Navarra, 2002
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Going Higher: Oxygen, Man, and Mountains
Angelo Masso's decompression chamber He coined the word acapnia to describe this condition of “diminution of carbonic acid,” which he believed was the major cause of mountain sickness. He buttressed his case by showing that breathing ...
Charles S. Houston, David E. Harris, E. J. Zeman, 2005
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The American year-book of anesthesia & analgesia
This alternation of apneas and short periods of breathing continues in lessening degree until the normal equilibrium of oxygen supply, and carbon dioxid production and elimination, is again attained ACAPNIA AND ANESTHESIA. To the ...
F. H. McMechan, 1915
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The American Year-book of Anesthesia & Analgesia
This alternation of apneas and short periods of breathing continues in lessening degree until the normal equilibrium of oxygen supply, and carbon dioxid production and elimination, is again attained ACAPNIA AND ANESTHESIA. To the ...
Francis Hoeffer McMechan, 1916
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Colorado Medicine
ACAPNIA— ITS RELATION TO ANESTHESIA AND SURGERY. CARL G. PARSONS, M.D. DENVER, COLO. Carbon dioxide as it occurs normally in the body is an exceedingly beneficial har- raone. It exerts a regulative influence on the entire ...
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Studies in Respiratory Physiology: Chemistry and Mechanics ...
Dept. of Physiology, Wallace O. Fenn. The 5 additional experiments in table 3 are similar to the first type in that they involved acapnia alone, but they differ in some details of procedure. Two of these experiments were done at ground level in air ...
University of Rochester. Dept. of Physiology, Wallace O. Fenn, 1955
REFERENCE
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