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hyperventilate

hy·per·ven·ti·late [ hpər véntə làyt ] (past and past participle hy·per·ven·ti·lated, present participle hy·per·ven·ti·lat·ing, 3rd person present singular hy·per·ven·ti·lates)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
lose too much carbon dioxide: to breathe unusually deeply or rapidly because of anxiety or organic disease and in excess of the body's requirements, causing too much loss of carbon dioxide


hy·per·ven·ti·la·tion [ hpər venti láysh'n ] noun
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