- hypercapnia
- noun Etymology: New Latin, from hyper- + Greek kapnos smoke; probably akin to Lithuanian kvapas breath Date: 1908 the presence of excessive amounts of carbon dioxide in the blood • hypercapnic adjective
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Hypercapnia — Infobox Disease Name = Hypercapnia Caption = Carbon dioxide DiseasesDB = 95 ICD10 = ICD10|R|06|8|r|00 ICD9 = ICD9|786.09 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D006935 Hypercapnia or hypercapnea (from the Greek… … Wikipedia
hypercapnia — hy·per·cap·ni·a (hī pər kăpʹnē ə) n. A condition marked by an unusually high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood as a result of hypoventilation. [hyper + Greek kapnos, smoke + ia2.] * * * … Universalium
hypercapnia — noun the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood Syn: hypercarbia Ant: hypocapnia … Wiktionary
hypercapnia — Abnormally increased arterial carbon dioxide tension. SYN: hypercarbia. [hyper + G. kapnos, smoke, vapor] * * * hy·per·cap·nia kap nē ə n the presence of an excess of carbon dioxide in the blood hy·per·cap·nic nik … Medical dictionary
hypercapnia — n. excess of carbon dioxide in the blood (Medicine) … English contemporary dictionary
hypercapnia — hy·per·cap·nia … English syllables
hypercapnia — hypercarbia; n. the presence in the blood of an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide … The new mediacal dictionary
hypercapnia — hy•per•cap•ni•a [[t]ˌhaɪ pərˈkæp ni ə[/t]] n. med the presence of an excessive amount of carbon dioxide in the blood • Etymology: 1905–10; hyper + Gk kapn(ós) smoke + ia … From formal English to slang
hypercapnia — noun the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood • Syn: ↑hypercarbia • Ant: ↑hypocapnia • Hypernyms: ↑physical condition, ↑physiological state, ↑physiological … Useful english dictionary
Permissive hypercapnia — is hypercapnia, (i.e. high concentration of carbon dioxide in blood), in respiratory insufficient patients in which oxygenation has become so difficult that the optimal mode of mechanical ventilation (with oxygenation in mind) is not capable of… … Wikipedia
