HYPERCAPNIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypercapnia mean? 

• HYPERCAPNIA (noun)
  The noun HYPERCAPNIA has 1 sense:

1. the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood

  Familiarity information: HYPERCAPNIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERCAPNIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hypercapnia; hypercarbia

Hypernyms ("hypercapnia" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Holonyms ("hypercapnia" is a part of...):

asphyxia (a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas)

Antonym:

hypocapnia (a state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal; can result from deep or rapid breathing)