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acapnia

American  
[uh-kap-nee-uh, ey-kap-] / əˈkæp ni ə, eɪˈkæp- /

noun

Medicine/Medical.

  1. a deficiency of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissues.

Other Word Forms

  • acapnial adjective

Etymology

Origin of acapnia

1905–10; < New Latin < Greek ákapn ( os ) smokeless ( a- a- 6 + kapnós smoke) + -ia -ia; New Latin sense from the fact that smoke contains carbon dioxide

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