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| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | A respiratory-minute volume, or pulmonary ventilation, that is less than normal. Also called underbreathing. (references) |
Health | A reduction in the amount of air entering the pulmonary alveoli. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: HYPOVENTILATION |
| Specialty definitions using "HYPOVENTILATION": Pickwickian Syndrome ♦ underbreathing. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "HYPOVENTILATION" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (hypoventilation), German (hypoventilation). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Inadequate supply of fresh air to the alveoli is called hypoventilation. (references) | |
The pulse oximeter offers opportunities to monitor blood hemoglobin oxygen saturation as a means of detecting hypoxemia secondary to apnea and hypoventilation. (references) | ||
The latter is associated with low amplitude respiration signals that can occur with impedance monitors even though other sensors of ventilation simultaneously monitoring the infant do not show significant hypoventilation. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hypoventilation | 11 |
obesity hypoventilation syndrome | 5 |
central hypoventilation syndrome | 5 |
congenital central hypoventilation syndrome | 3 |
hypoventilation syndrome | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "HYPOVENTILATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | hypoventilation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | hypoventilatie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | hypoventilation (f), hypoventilation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Hypoventilation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | υποαερισμός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | ipoventilazione. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ypoventilationhay hipoventilação, hiperventilação (hyperventilation), diminuição do volume de ar que entra nos pulmões; respiração lenta e superficial (holding your breath). (various references) hipoventilación. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-i-l-n-n-o-o-p-t-t-v-y" | |
-4 letters: notionality, optionality, ventilation. | |
-5 letters: antilepton, etiolation, levitation, optatively, pentathlon, thiopental. | |
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