Meanings
- uncountablemedicineA state of diminished carbon dioxide in the blood.
The patient Ms. Gompert seemed both to be fighting for breath and to be breathing rapidly enough to induce hypocapnia […]
1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 69Synonyms: hypocarbia · Antonyms: hypercapnia, hypercarbia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA state of diminished carbon dioxide in the blood.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal; can result from deep or rapid breathing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From hypo- + capn- + -ia; more at capno- § Etymology.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan hipocàpnia
- hipocàpniastate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Chinese 低二氧化碳血症
- 低二氧化碳血症state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Czech hypokapnie
- hypokapniestate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Dutch hypocapnie
- hypocapniestate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Esperanto hipokapnio
- hipokapniostate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Finnish hypokapnia, hiilidioksidiniukkuus
- hypokapniastate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
- hiilidioksidiniukkuusstate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
French hypocapnie
- hypocapniestate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
German Hypokapnie
- Hypokapniestate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Greek υποκαπνία
- υποκαπνία (ypokapnía)state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Italian ipocapnia
- ipocapniastate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Norwegian hypokapni
- hypokapnistate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Polish hipokapnia
- hipokapniastate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Portuguese hipocapnia
- hipocapniastate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Romanian hipocapnie
- hipocapniestate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Russian гипокапния
- гипокапния (gipokapnija)state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Spanish hipocapnia
- hipocapniastate of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Ukrainian гіпокапнія
- гіпокапнія (hipokapnija)state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood
Cite this entry
hypocapnia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypocapnia
“hypocapnia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypocapnia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypocapnia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypocapnia.
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