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anapnea

anapnea noun: resumption of breathing after a period of halted respiration.

Noun

anapnea (uncountable)

  1. Resumption of breathing after a period of halted respiration.
    • Patients with anapnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of greater than ten events per hour were selected for this study.1997, Kazuo Chin, Masashi Hirai, Takanobu Kuriyama, Motonari Fukui, Kenshi Kuno, Yanosuke Sagawa, Motoharu Ohi, “Changes in the arterial PCO₂ during a Single Night's Sleep in Patients with...
    • Arrest of anapnea or heartbeat happened in 2 cases.2005 February, Xu Hong-zhen, Bai Lin, “Aspiration of gastric contents in pediatric anaesthesia: analysis of 49 cases”, in Chongqing Medical Journal

Origin of anapnea

From Ancient Greek ἀναπνέω (anapnéō, “to breathe (again)”).

Questions about anapnea

What does anapnea mean?
Anapnea means resumption of breathing after a period of halted respiration.
What part of speech is anapnea?
Anapnea is a noun.

Words near anapnea in the dictionary

  1. anaplerotically
  2. anapleural
  3. anapleurosis
  4. anapleurotic
  5. anapleurotically
  6. anapnea
  7. anapnograph
  8. anapnographs
  9. anapocosis
  10. anapodeictic
  11. anapodota

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