Smoke Words: “acapnia” to “normocapnia”capno-, capn-, capnod- (Greek: smoke; vapor; sooty [extended meaning is carbon dioxide])acapnia:
1. A condition marked by the presence of less than the normal amount of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissues; sometimes used erroneously for hypocapnia.
2. The total absence of carbon dioxide in the blood. Such an absolute absence does not occur in living organisms. Also: acarbia. 3. From New Latin, Latin acapnos, without smoke, from Greek akapnos: a-, not + kapnos, smoke (carbon dioxide). acapnic:
Pertaining to or evincing a state of acapnia; acapnial.
acapnotic:
A person free from the habit of smoking.
capneic:
Under conditions of increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; said of the incubation of bacterial cultures.
capnocytophaga:
A genus of Gram-negative, fusiform bacteria that require carbon dioxide for growth and exhibit gliding motility; associated with human periodontal disease.
capnodous:
Smoky gray.
capnodulia:
The habit of smoking.
capnogenous:
Caused by smoking.
capnogram:
A continuous record of the carbon dioxide content of a person’s expired air.
capnograph:
1. An instrument by which a continuous graph of the carbon dioxide content of expired air is obtained.
2. A system for monitoring the concentration of exhaled carbon dioxide, consisting of a sensor placed in the breathing circuit or a tube that carries part of the exhaled gases to the analyzing device, a mass spectrometer or an infrared spectrometer, and devices to provide continuous visual (cathode ray tube) and graphic (printer) displays. capnography:
Monitoring of the concentration of exhaled carbon dioxide in order to assess the physiologic status of patients with acute respiratory problems or who are receiving mechanical ventilation and to determine the adequacy of ventilation in anesthetized patients.
capnohepatography:
Radiography of the liver containing gas in its vascular tributaries after the intravenous administration of carbon dioxide.
capnolagnia:
Sexual arousal when watching other people smoke.
capnomancy:
Divination (fortune telling) by means of smoke in sacrifices.
capnomania:
An obsessive or uncontrollable desire or habit of smoking one or more tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, pipes, etc.) which may also be defined as an addicion.
capnomantist:
Soneone who practices divination by interpreting smoke from animal sacrifices.
capnometry:
The science of measuring the concentration of smoke in the atmosphere, in a smoke plume, or in a flue gas.
capnopathy:
Any disease caused by smoking.
capnophilia:
A fondness for smoking or of being in the presence of smoke .
capnophilic:
Growing best with added carbon dioxide; said of certain kinds of bacteria.
capnophobia:
1. An intense hatred, or fear, of smoking or having anyone around who is polluting the air in the immediate vicinity with tobacco smoke; whether from cigarettes, cigars, pipe, or from any similar process of smoke distribution.
2. A fear of smoke exhausts from motor vehicles which are blamed for causing so much pollution in the air. capnosis:
The smoking of cigarettes, cigars, etc.
capnotic:
A person having the smoking habit; pertaining to smoking.
eucapnia:
A state in which the arterial carbon dioxide pressure is optimal. Also: normocapnia.
hypercapnia:
An abnormally increased arterial carbon dioxide tension as a result of hypoventilation; hypercarbia.
hypercapnosis:
Excessive smoking.
hypocapnia:
Abnormally decreased arterial carbon dioxide tension; hypocarbia.
isocapnia:
A state in which the arterial carbon dioxide pressure remains constant or unchanged.
kapnodes:
Like smoke, sooty, dusky.
kapne:
Smoke-hole, chimney.
miscapnologist:
A specialist in the study of the mistakes and dangers of smoking.
miscapnology:
The study of the mistakes and dangers of smoking.
misocapnic:
Hating tobacco smoke.
misocapnist:
A hater of tobacco smoke.
misocapny:
Hatred of tobacco smoke.
normocapnia:
A state in which the arterial carbon dioxide pressure is normal, about 40 mm Hg. Also: eucapnia.
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