Meanings
adjectiveacapnic (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to acapnia
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.
1922, Alfred Goodman Levy, Chloroform Anæsthesia, page 50
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From acapnia + -ic or a- + -capnic.
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acapnic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acapnic
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“acapnic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acapnic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acapnic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acapnic.
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