capno-, capn-, capnod- +
(Greek: smoke; vapor; sooty [extended meaning is carbon dioxide])
capnomantist
Soneone who practices divination by interpreting smoke from animal sacrifices.
capnometry
The science of measuring the concentration of smoke in the atmosphere, in a smoke plume, or in a flue gas.
capnopathy
Any disease caused by smoking.
capnophilia
A fondness for smoking or of being in the presence of smoke.
capnophilic
Growing best with added carbon dioxide; said of certain kinds of bacteria.
capnophobia, capnophobiac, capnomania, capnomaniac: coined by John G. Robertson
These words were all created for John G. Robertson's book,
An Excess of Phobias and Manias, published in 2003, because they were not available in any dictionaries or other known sources to express these conditions.
See the fumi- unit for other words (fumimania, fumimaniac, fumiphobia, fumiphobiac) that were also brought into existence by John Robertson.
See the pages at this Capnophobia-Fumiphobia, Part 1 for pages about the smoking problems in our global societies.
Smoking is a shocking thing—blowing smoke out of our mouths into other people's mouths, eyes, and noses, and having the same thing done to us.
—Samuel Johnson, lexicographer, (1709-1784)
Believing that we are doing something worthwhile when we are smoking is the first illusion of tobacco.
—Anonymous
capnophobia; also, fumiphobia
1. An intense hatred, or fear, of smoking or having anyone around who is polluting the air in the immediate vicinity with tobacco smoke; whether from cigarettes, cigars, pipe, or from any similar process of smoke distribution.
2. A fear of smoke exhausts from motor vehicles which are blamed for causing so much pollution in the air.
Here is a capnophobia link, Part 1 of 4, with images and information for a better understanding of capnophobiacs and why they hate smoking as related to the dangerous practice of smokers.
capnophobiac (s), capnophobiacs (pl)
Anyone or those, who have a dread, or extreme hatred, of smoking and being around people who are doing it.
capnosis
The smoking of cigarettes, cigars, etc.
capnotic
A person having the smoking habit; pertaining to smoking.
eucapnia
A state in which the arterial carbon dioxide pressure is optimal. Also: normocapnia.
hypercapnia
1. The presence of an abnormally high level of carbon dioxide in the circulating blood.
2. An abnormally increased arterial carbon dioxide tension as a result of hypoventilation; hypercarbia.
hypercapnic
1. A reference to or characterized by hypercapnia.
2. A descriptive word for an excess of carbon dioxide in the blood.
hypercapnosis
Excessive smoking.
hypocapnia
1. A condition in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal which can result from deep or rapid breathing.
2. Abnormally decreased arterial carbon dioxide tension; hypocarbia.
More related smoke words are at this fumi- unit.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "smoke, smoking":
atmido-;
Capnomania & Fumimania, Pt. 1;
Capnophobia & Fumiphobia, Pt. 1;
fumi-;
nebula-;
typho-.
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