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apnœa

apnœa is the obsolete spelling of apnea.

Meaning of apnea

Noun

apnea (countable and uncountable, plural apneas)

  1. The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
    Synonyms:
    asphyxia

Forms of apnœa

pluralapnœas

Questions about apnœa

What is apnœa the obsolete spelling of?
Apnœa is the obsolete spelling of apnea.

Words near apnœa in the dictionary

  1. apnoeal
  2. apnoeas
  3. apnoeic
  4. apnosticism
  5. APNS
  6. apnœa
  7. apnœal
  8. apnœic
  9. apo
  10. apo koinou
  11. apo-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apnœa (page history and authors); apnea (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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