apnea

Meaning

Noun

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

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Origin

  • a- + -pnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια, formed from ἀ- + πνοή.

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