apnoea
noun/ˈæpniə/
/ˈæpniə/
(British English) (North American English apnea)
[uncountable] (medical)- a condition in which somebody stops breathing for a short time, especially while they are sleepingOxford Collocations DictionaryApnoea/apnea is used after these nouns:
- sleep
Word Originearly 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek apnoia, from apnous ‘breathless’.
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