apnea
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From a- + -pnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
apnea (countable and uncountable, plural apneas)
- (pathology) The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
Synonyms
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Translations
cessation of breathing
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See also
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “apnea”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Pronunciation
Noun
apnea f (plural apnees)
- (pathology) apnea, (UK) apnoea
- (sports) freediving / free-diving / free diving
Further reading
- “apnea” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin apnoea.
Pronunciation
Noun
apnea
Declension
| Inflection of apnea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | apnea | apneat | |
| genitive | apnean | apneoiden apneoitten | |
| partitive | apneaa | apneoita | |
| illative | apneaan | apneoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | apnea | apneat | |
| accusative | nom. | apnea | apneat |
| gen. | apnean | ||
| genitive | apnean | apneoiden apneoitten apneain rare | |
| partitive | apneaa | apneoita | |
| inessive | apneassa | apneoissa | |
| elative | apneasta | apneoista | |
| illative | apneaan | apneoihin | |
| adessive | apnealla | apneoilla | |
| ablative | apnealta | apneoilta | |
| allative | apnealle | apneoille | |
| essive | apneana | apneoina | |
| translative | apneaksi | apneoiksi | |
| abessive | apneatta | apneoitta | |
| instructive | — | apneoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “apnea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
Etymology
From New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia).
Noun
apnea f (plural apneas)
- apnea, (UK) apnoea
- (sports) freediving / free-diving / free diving
Derived terms
- apneísta
- apnea do sono
Related terms
Further reading
- “apnea”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Etymology
From English apnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
apnea (uncountable)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “apnea” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Pronunciation
Noun
apnea f (plural apnee)
Derived terms
- apneista
- apneistico
Anagrams
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia).
Pronunciation
Noun
apnea f (plural apneas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “apnea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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