Meaning of hyperventilate

hy•per•ven•ti•late

Pronunciation: (hī"pur-ven'tl-āt"), [key]

— v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing.

—v.i.

to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.

—v.t.

to cause (a patient) to breathe more rapidly and deeply than normal.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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hyperventilate (Thesaurus)

hypervelocity hyperventilation

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