apnœa

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

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Meanings

nounapnœa (countable and uncountable, plural apnœas)

plural apnœas

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of apnea.

    Besides, there was extreme congestion of part of the lungs, and obstruction of the bronchi. In connexion with these changes stand the vomiting and purging, and, with the last of them, death by apnœa.

    1847, The Lancet, page 166
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