Underventilate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Underventilate is a verb meaning (transitive) To ventilate insufficiently.
Meaning
(transitive) To ventilate insufficiently.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To breathe insufficiently; to hypoventilate.
Example Sentences
This is usually seen in patients whose respiratory drive is suppressed (e.g., overmedication with narcotics or head trauma), or in patients who underventilate due to pain with breathing (e.g., any thoracic trauma or postoperatively following thoracic and upper abdominal surgery).
Word Forms
- underventilates
- underventilating
- underventilated
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