HYPERVENTILATE

hyperventilate

(verb) breathe excessively hard and fast; “The mountain climber started to hyperventilate”

hyperventilate

(verb) produce hyperventilation in; “The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

hyperventilate (third-person singular simple present hyperventilates, present participle hyperventilating, simple past and past participle hyperventilated)

(intransitive) To breathe quickly and deeply, especially at an abnormally rapid rate.

Synonyms

• overbreathe

Source: Wiktionary



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