Definition of hyperventilation
:excessive rate and depth of respiration leading to abnormal loss of carbon dioxide from the blood
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Hey, a rapidly aging LeBron James is just one unlikely victory away from being young again, a plot twist that would spawn a funnel cloud of hyperventilation.
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One final caveat: For all the media hyperventilation, there may not be much as the center of this Russia investigation, or perhaps not much more than activities involving Michael Flynn.
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Within an hour, the hyperventilation in Washington had reached Defcon 1.
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And then there was the hyperventilation online over Mr. Rubio’s sleek new boots — a $135, high-heeled, black leather pair of Florsheims given to him by his wife for Christmas.
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First Known Use of hyperventilation
1928
Medical Dictionary
hyperventilation
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noun
hy·per·ven·ti·la·tion
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medical Definition of hyperventilation
:excessive ventilation;
specifically
:excessive rate and depth of respiration leading to abnormal loss of carbon dioxide from the blood — called also
overventilation
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