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HYPOVENTILATION

Specialty Definition: HYPOVENTILATION

DomainDefinition

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.

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Crosswords: HYPOVENTILATION

Specialty definitions using "HYPOVENTILATION": Pickwickian Syndromeunderbreathing. (references)
Non-English Usage: "HYPOVENTILATION" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (hypoventilation), German (hypoventilation).

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Non-Fiction Usage: HYPOVENTILATION

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HYPOVENTILATION

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: HYPOVENTILATION

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

   

Portuguese

  

hipoventilação, hiperventilação (hyperventilation), diminuição do volume de ar que entra nos pulmões; respiração lenta e superficial (holding your breath). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hipoventilación. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: HYPOVENTILATION

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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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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