Synonyms for apnea
ˈæp ni ə, æpˈni əap·nea

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1. apneanoun

   Synonyms:
   asphyxia

2. apneanoun

   The cessation of breathing.

   Synonyms:
   asphyxia

Princeton's WordNet

1. apneanoun

   transient cessation of respiration

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1. Jason Arnold:

   They all asked me if I was a smoker, i have COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] and I never smoked a day in my life. I have Sleep Apnea. Every year it gets worse and worse.

2. Sebastian Jara:

   One of the reasons why our findings may have been different from past studies, at least in men, is that a lot of past studies looked at men with sleep apnea who also had a form of sexual dysfunction at baseline. So improvements were noted, but they were noted in a patient population that already had more sexual dysfunction.

3. Penn Medicine:

   The question then was if you reduce the fat in your tongue, does that improve your sleep apnea ? And the answer from our paper is' yes,'.

4. Glenn Keller:

   When you're dealing with sleep apnea, although you're lying there all night and your eyes are closed, you never reach that restful stage of sleep, i was tired and I didn't realize I was tired, because that was all I've ever been -- was tired.

5. Andrew Pedtke:

   In the U.S., I think a very big concern for the amputee population is that these items are viewed as luxury items and they’re not, it’s a medical necessity like a sleep apnea machine.