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apneas

apneas is the plural 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

Phrases with apneas

Questions about apneas

What is apneas the plural of?
Apneas is the plural of apnea.

Words near apneas in the dictionary

  1. APMPPE
  2. APMs
  3. APN
  4. apnea
  5. apneal
  6. apneas
  7. apneic
  8. apneist
  9. apneists
  10. apneumatic
  11. apneumatosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apneas (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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