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hypercapnia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The condition of abnormally elevated carbon dioxide in the blood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the physical condition of having the presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hypercarbia

Antonyms: hypocapnia

Broader terms: physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition

History

Etymology

From hyper- + capn- + -ia; more at capno- § Etymology.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فرط ثنائي أكسيد الكربون في الدم — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Belarusian: гіперкапнія (hipjerkapnija) — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Bulgarian: хиперкапния (hiperkapnija) — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Catalan: hipercàpnia — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Chinese: 高碳酸血症 — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Czech: hyperkapnie — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Esperanto: hiperkapnio — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • French: hypercapnie — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • German: Hyperkapnie — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Greek: υπερκαπνία (yperkapnía) — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Hebrew: היפרקפניה — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Indonesian: hiperkapnia — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Irish: hipearcaipnia — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Italian: ipercapnia — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hyperkapni — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hyperkapni — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Polish: hiperkapnia — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Portuguese: hipercapnia — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Russian: гиперкапния (giperkapnija) — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Serbo-Croatian: хиперкапнија — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Serbo-Croatian: hiperkapnija — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Spanish: hipercapnia — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Swedish: hyperkapni — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Turkish: hiperkapni — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Ukrainian: гіперкапнія (hiperkapnija) — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Uzbek: giperkapniya — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood
  • Vietnamese: tăng CO2 máu — condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood