hyperventilation

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ ventilation.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪpɚˌvɛntəˈleɪʃən/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /haɪ.pə(ɹ)ˌvɛntəˈleɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

hyperventilation (countable and uncountable, plural hyperventilations)

1. (medicine, pulmonology) The state of breathing faster or deeper than necessary.
   • 2012, H. Penzholz, M. Brock, J. Hamer, Brain Hypoxia: Pain, →ISBN, page 42:

     As artificial hyperventilation is advocated in the treatment of raised intracranial pressure, it must be questioned where to set the limit beyond which hypocapnically induced cerebral tissue hypoxia may occur.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “breathing faster”): hypoventilation

Derived terms

• post-hyperventilation

Translations

the state of breathing faster

• Czech: hyperventilace (cs) f
• Esperanto: anhelado
• Finnish: hyperventilaatio (fi)
• French: hyperventilation (fr)
• Icelandic: oföndun f
• Japanese: 過換気症候群
• Polish: hiperwentylacja f
• Portuguese: hiperventilação (pt) f
• Spanish: hiperventilación (es) f
• Swedish: hyperventilation (sv)
• Ukrainian: гіпервентиля́ція f (hiperventyljácija)