Finding
hypercapnia
hy·per·cap·ni·a
Subclass of:
Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory
Definitions related to hypercapnia:
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A clinical manifestation of abnormal increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in arterial blood.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Abnormally elevated blood carbon dioxide (CO2) level.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Excess carbon dioxide in the blood.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(hypercarbia) Excessive concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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