Letter A

Acapnia

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Less than the normal level of carbon dioxide in the blood.

The opposite of hypercapnia.

The origin of the word 'acapnia' is curious.

It comes from the Greek 'a-' meaning 'without' + 'kapnos' meaning 'smoke' so acapnia literally means 'smokeless' referring to carbon dioxide which is a principal part of smoke

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