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How to pronounce hyperventilate in English?

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Type Words
Type of breathe, respire, suspire, take a breath
Derivation hyperventilation


The mountain climber started to hyperventilate.
Type Words
Type of treat, care for
Derivation hyperventilation


The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient.

Examples of hyperventilate

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We're a long way away from President Bachmann, so don't hyperventilate just yet.
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If I were to do this I would hyperventilate and exhale too much carbon dioxide.
From the newscientist.com
Sports yakkers, because they get to hyperventilate about possibilities for weeks.
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Trudeau is the only cartoonist I know who can hyperventilate with a straight face.
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Slow down, just read my first comment and there will be no need to hyperventilate.
From the forbes.com
Erratic breathing when exercising can lead you to hyperventilate or get dizzy.
From the dailyherald.com
The theater should be good, but let's not hyperventilate over the final score.
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Oftentimes, patients who become anxious or panic breathe rapidly and hyperventilate.
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Throughout the run, Heidi Blickenstaff says, she'd hyperventilate sometimes.
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More examples
  • Produce hyperventilation in; "The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient"
  • Breathe excessively hard and fast; "The mountain climber started to hyperventilate"
  • (hyperventilation) an increased depth and rate of breathing greater than demanded by the body needs; can cause dizziness and tingling of the fingers and toes and chest pain if continued
  • In medicine, hyperventilation (or overbreathing) is the state of breathing faster and/or deeper than normal. It can result from a psychological state such as a panic attack, from a physiological condition such as metabolic acidosis, or can be brought about voluntarily.
  • (Hyperventilating (Tami Chynn song)) "Hyperventilating" is a song by Jamaican reggaefusion singer Tami Chynn. It was released as the first single from her first album, Out of Many...One, which was released through SRC Records and Universal Music Records.
  • (hyperventilation) over breathing to the extent that the blood carbon dioxide level is lowered; may lead to tingling in fingers and dizziness.
  • (HYPERVENTILATION) A pattern of rapid, shallow breathing that is frequently found in patients with Rett's disorder.
  • (HYPERVENTILATION) Increased rate and/or depth of respiration that results in abnormal lowering of atrial carbon dioxide.
  • Hyperventilation, or overventilation, is described by abnormally fast or deep respiration in which excessive quantities of air are taken in, causing buzzing in the ears, tingling in the extremities and sometimes fainting.