Usually means: Excessive, rapid, or deep breathing.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. hyperventilation: Merriam-Webster
  2. hyperventilation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hyperventilation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hyperventilation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hyperventilation: Vocabulary.com
  6. hyperventilation: Wordnik
  7. hyperventilation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hyperventilation: Wiktionary
  9. hyperventilation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hyperventilation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hyperventilation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hyperventilation: Dictionary.com
  13. Hyperventilation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. hyperventilation: Rhymezone
  15. hyperventilation: FreeDictionary.org
  16. hyperventilation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. hyperventilation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hyperventilation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. hyperventilation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hyperventilation: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Hyperventilation: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Hyperventilation: GLOSSARY OF ALLERGY TERMS
  8. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  9. Hyperventilation: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  10. hyperventilation: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  11. hyperventilation: Medical dictionary
  12. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  13. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  14. Hyperventilation: Drug Medical Dictionary
  15. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hyperventilation)

noun:  (medicine, pulmonology) The state of breathing faster or deeper than necessary.

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