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ˌhypoventiˈlation Physiol.
[f. hypo- 4 + ventilation.]
A diminished or insufficient exposure of the lungs to oxygen, resulting in a reduced oxygen content of the blood or an increased carbon dioxide content (or both).
1932Arch. Neurol. & Psychiatry XXVIII. 580 To combat this physiologic hypoventilation, the animals were subjected to artificial respiration of normal frequency and depth. 1954A. White et al. Princ. Biochem. xxvii. 715 Hypoventilation of whatever origin (morphine poisoning, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, etc.) has the opposite effect and lowers extracellular pH. 1961L. Martin Clinical Endocrinol. (ed. 3) ii. 55 A cardio-respiratory syndrome has been described by Berlyne (1958) in cases of extreme obesity, of which alveolar hypoventilation is the basic defect. |