positive airway pressure

noun

A mode of respiratory ventilation used in the treatment of sleep apnea.

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Meanings

nounpositive airway pressure (countable and uncountable, plural positive airway pressures)

plural positive airway pressures

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA mode of respiratory ventilation used in the treatment of sleep apnea.
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