acapnia

[uh-kap-nee-uh, ey-kap-]

a·cap·ni·a

[uh-kap-nee-uh, ey-kap-]
noun Medicine/Medical.
a deficiency of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissues.

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

a·cap·ni·al, adjective
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acapnia a·cap·ni·a (ā-kāp'nē-ə)
n.
A condition marked by the presence of less than the normal amount of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissues.

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