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hyperventilation (medicine) and inoculate (oh)


hyperventilation (medicine)


hyperventilation


A state in which there is an increased amount of air entering the pulmonary alveoli (increased alveolar ventilation), resulting in reduction of carbon dioxide tension and eventually leading to alkalosis.


inoculate (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: , past participle of inoculare 'to attach a bud to a plant', from oculus 'eye, bud']
to protect someone against a disease by putting a weak form of the disease into their body using a needle
-see also immunize immunize, vaccinate vaccinate inoculate sb against sth
::All the children had been inoculated against hepatitis.
-- inoculation /I7nCkjJ5leIFEn ?@ -7nB:k-/ n [U and C]