overventilationn.
/ˌəʊvəˌvɛntᵻˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərˌvɛn(t)əˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Physiology and Medicine.
Excessive air flow or gas exchange in the lungs; excessive artificial ventilation; hyperventilation, overbreathing.
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atelectasis1859
overventilation1911
overbreathing1920
hyperventilation1928
hypoventilation1932
1911 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 28 387 Over-ventilation of the lungs..is at once suggested as an explanation.
1928 Jrnl. Physiol. 64 Suppl. p. xxiv The vessels of the skin play some part in maintaining the blood-pressure during over-ventilation in man.
1963 J. M. K. Spalding & A. C. Smith Clin. Pract. & Physiol. Artific. Respiration v. 76 Artificial overventilation may alter the response to CO2 of the mechanism controlling respiration and may induce a volume-dependent type of respiration.
1977 Jrnl. Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surg. 74 400/1 During unilateral pneumothorax there was a relative underventilation of the collapsed lung..and an overventilation of the contralateral lung.
1992 Clin. Investigator 70 328 Smoking gave rise to a significant..fall in the partial pressure of oxygen..with compensatory overventilation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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