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hypocapnia

noun/ˌhaɪpəˈkæpnɪə/

C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A reduced arterial carbon dioxide tension, commonly resulting from hyperventilation.

Deliberate hypocapnia was once used to reduce brain volume, but is now applied cautiously because of cerebral vasoconstriction.

Topic: Anaesthesia in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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