Acapnia Definition
ā-kăpnē-ə
noun
A condition marked by an unusually low concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissues.
American Heritage Medicine
The state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal.
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Origin of Acapnia
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New Latin from Latin acapnus without smoke (which contains carbon dioxide) from Greek akapnos a- not a–1 kapnos smoke
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From New Latin, from Latin acapnos (“without smoke"), from Ancient Greek ἄκαπνος (akapnos, “without smoke"), from á¼€- (a-, “not") + καπνός (kapnos, “smoke").
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