sleep apnea
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sleep apnea
noun sleep apneas · sleep apnoea
- A common sleep-related breathing disorder characterized by repeated episodes of partial or complete cessation of airflow during sleep, leading to intermittent hypoxemia, hypercapnia, sleep fragmentation, and recurrent arousals.
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noun brief interruptions of breathing during sleep
| Español | apnea del sueño |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 수면 무호흡증 sumyeon muhoheupjeung |
| 日本語 | 睡眠時無呼吸 suiminji mukokyū |
| 中文 | 睡眠呼吸暫停 /睡眠呼吸暂停 shuìmián hūxī zàntíng |
| Português | apneia do sono |
| Français | apnée du sommeil |
| Deutsch | Schlafapnoe-Syndrom |
| Italiano | apnea notturna, apnea nell sonno |
| Русский | апноэ во сне apnoe vo sne |
| العربية | اِنْقِطَاع النَّفَس أَثْنَاء النَّوْم inqiṭāʕ an-nafas ʔaṯnāʔ an-nawm |
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@misc{sleep_apnea_2026,
title = {sleep apnea},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sleep%20apnea},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
