Medical Terminology / Unit 9 MedTerm 0537 short lesson, about 20 seconds
capn/o: Carbon Dioxide
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The idea
The combining form capn slash o names carbon dioxide.
In practice
Hypercapnia is an excess of carbon dioxide in the blood.
Where people slip
Oxygen enters at the alveoli and carbon dioxide leaves there. Terms name each separately.
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