HYPERVENTILATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperventilation mean? 

• HYPERVENTILATION (noun)
  The noun HYPERVENTILATION has 1 sense:

1. an increased depth and rate of breathing greater than demanded by the body needs; can cause dizziness and tingling of the fingers and toes and chest pain if continued

  Familiarity information: HYPERVENTILATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERVENTILATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An increased depth and rate of breathing greater than demanded by the body needs; can cause dizziness and tingling of the fingers and toes and chest pain if continued

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hyperventilation" is a kind of...):

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

Derivation:

hyperventilate (breathe excessively hard and fast)

hyperventilate (produce hyperventilation in)

 Context examples 

It is caused by improper signaling from the brainstem to respiratory muscles and is triggered by either hypoventilation or hyperventilation.

(Central Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A therapeutic exercise used in treatment of pain, hyperventilation, panic, and other conditions.

(Imagery Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 17 Item (HAMD-17) Anxiety somatic: physiological concomitants of anxiety such as gastro-intestinal (dry mouth, wind, indigestion, diarrhea, cramps, belching), cardiovascular (palpitations, headaches), respiratory (hyperventilation, sighing), urinary frequency, sweating.

(HAMD-17 - Somatic Anxiety, NCI Thesaurus)

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 21 Item (HAMD-21) Anxiety somatic; physiological concomitants of anxiety, (i.e., effects of autonomic overactivity, 'butterflies,' indigestion, stomach cramps, belching, diarrhea, palpitations, hyperventilation, paresthesia, sweating, flushing, tremor, headache, urinary frequency).

(HAMD-21 - Anxiety Somatic, NCI Thesaurus)