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apnea

Syllables: ap·ne·a/ˈæp.ni.ə/

apnea noun: the cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.

Noun

apnea (countable and uncountable, plural apneas)

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

Synonyms:

asphyxia

apnea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

apnea in Hindi

एपनिया, अप्निया, एप्निया

apnea in Tamil

மூச்சின்மை

apnea in Marathi

एपनिया

apnea in Bengali

অ্যাপনিয়া, এপনিয়া

More languagesFewer languages

apnea in Telugu: అప్నియా
apnea in Malayalam: അപ്നിയ, അപ്പെനിയ
apnea in Kannada: ಅಪ್ನಿಯಾ
apnea in Punjabi: ਅਪਨੀਆ, ਐਪਨਿਯਾ, ਐਪਨੀਆ
apnea in Gujarati: એપનિયા
apnea in Odia: ଅପ୍ନିଯ଼ା
apnea in Nepali: एपनिया, अप्निया, एप्निया
apnea in Indonesian: apnea

Synonyms of apnea

asphyxia

Forms of apnea

plural	apneas
alternative form	apnoea
alternative form	apnœa

Plural of apnea: apneas

Origin of apnea

From a- + -pnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).

Words formed from apnea

Questions about apnea

What does apnea mean?: Apnea means the cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
What is apnea in Hindi?: Apnea in Hindi is एपनिया, अप्निया, एप्निया. See Apnea meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is apnea?: Apnea is a noun.
How do you pronounce apnea?: Apnea is pronounced /ˈæp.ni.ə/.
What is the plural of apnea?: The plural of apnea is apneas.

Words near apnea in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: apnea (page history and authors); apnea (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apnea (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apnea (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apnea (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apnea (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apnea (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apnea (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apnea (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apnea (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apnea (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); apnea (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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