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carbonæmia en · NOUN

Etymology

From carbon + -aemia, conjunction: Latin carbo (“charcol”) and Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Meanings

  1. An excessive amount of carbon, particularity carbon dioxide, in the blood.
    • While it produces less carbonæmia than the above mentioned agents, its special effect is to so alter the blood corpuscles as to prevent them from assimilating oxygen. 1875, Faneuil D. Weisee, “Nitrous Oxide Gas”, in The Sanitarian, volume II, page 29:

Relateds

carbohæmia