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- Very rapid and deep breathing associated with high levels of anxiety; causes
the level of carbon dioxide in the blood to be lowered with possible loss of
consciousness.
- Overbreathing sometimes associated with anxiety and marked by reduction of
blood carbon dioxide, producing complaints of light-headedness, faintness,
tingling of the extremities, palpitations, and respiratory distress.
Source: Edgerton, Jane E. 1994. American Psychiatric Glossary, 7th Edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press
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