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# How to pronounce "hypercapnic" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/hɪpɛrkæpnɪk/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **hy·per·cap·nic**
- **Parts of Speech**: adjective
- **ADJECTIVE**: Exhibiting or relating to hypercapnia.

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (4 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "hypercapnic" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "Whereas when you're holding your breath, you're going to become both hypoxic and hypercapnic at the same time. - We should explain to people what hypoxic and hypercapnic are because we haven't done it. - Okay, hypoxic is just the technical term for low levels of oxygen, hyper, or you could hypoxic, low, hyper is high."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 94:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgKkG44MGo&t=5687s)

### Example 2
> "which is going to be significantly far from normal. Whereas when you're holding your breath, you're going to become both hypoxic and hypercapnic at the same time. - We should explain to people what hypoxic and hypercapnic are because we haven't done it. - Okay, hypoxic is just the technical term for low levels of oxygen,"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 94:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgKkG44MGo&t=5681s)

### Example 3
> "So, hyperoxia or hypocapnia, low CO2 or hypercapnia, your highest levels of CO2. So, when you're, in episodic hypoxia, if anything, you're going to become hypocapnic, not hypercapnic. And that could play an influence in this."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 95:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgKkG44MGo&t=5707s)

### Example 4
> "hyper, or you could hypoxic, low, hyper is high. So, hyperoxia or hypocapnia, low CO2 or hypercapnia, your highest levels of CO2. So, when you're, in episodic hypoxia, if anything, you're going to become hypocapnic, not hypercapnic."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 94:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgKkG44MGo&t=5698s)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "hypercapnic" correctly?
"hypercapnic" is pronounced `/hɪpɛrkæpnɪk/`. Syllable breakdown: **hy·per·cap·nic**.

### What does "hypercapnic" mean in context?
Exhibiting or relating to hypercapnia.

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