Acapnic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to acapnia not-comparable

    "Henderson's theory is based on the assumption that the respiratory centre becomes less sensitive to carbon dioxide in the blood during anaesthesia, and so the subject is more readily rendered acapnic, and less readily recovers from acapnia."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to or demonstrating acapnia wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
acapnialacapnotic

Example

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"Henderson's theory is based on the assumption that the respiratory centre becomes less sensitive to carbon dioxide in the blood during anaesthesia, and so the subject is more readily rendered acapnic, and less readily recovers from acapnia."

Etymology

From acapnia + -ic or a- + -capnic.

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