apnea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.

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apnea apneas apnoea apnœa

From a- + -pnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).

asphyxia

hypopnea eupnea

apneic apneist hypoapnea postapnea preapnea sleep apnea

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