hyperventilation

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)

  1. (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.

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