English word hyperventilate comes from English ventilate, English hyper-
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| ventilate | English (eng) | (medicine) To provide manual or mechanical breathing to a patient.. (slang) To pierce with bullets.. To circulate air through a building, etc.. To expose something to public examination or discussion.. To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.. To provide with a vent.. To replace stale or noxious air with fresh. |
| hyper- | English (eng) | Excessive. Existing in more than three spatial dimensions. Linked non-sequentially. Over, above or beyond. |
| hyperventilate | English (eng) | (intransitive) To breathe quickly and deeply, especially at an abnormally rapid rate. |