n.
A condition marked by an unusually low concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissues.
[New Latin, from Latin acapnos, without smoke (which contains carbon dioxide), from Greek akapnos : a-, not; see a-1 + kapnos, smoke.]
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acapnia
American Heritage Dictionary:
a·cap·ni·a |
n.
A condition marked by an unusually low concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissues.
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
a·cap·ni·a |
(ā-kăp'nē-ə)
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A condition marked by the presence of less than the normal amount of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissues.
Mosby's Dental Dictionary:
acapnia |
(akap’nē-ə)
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n
A condition characterized by diminished carbon dioxide in the blood.
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 | American Heritage Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Read more |
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| Saunders Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Mosby's Dental Dictionary. Mosby's Dental Dictionary. Copyright © 2004 by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more |
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