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hypoapnea

hypoapnea is the alternative form of hypopnea.

Meaning of hypopnea

Noun

hypopnea (countable and uncountable, plural hypopneas)

  1. A disorder which involves episodes of overly shallow breathing or an abnormally low respiratory rate

Forms of hypoapnea

pluralhypoapneas

Origin of hypoapnea

From hypo- + apnea.

Questions about hypoapnea

What is hypoapnea the alternative form of?
Hypoapnea is the alternative form of hypopnea.

Words near hypoapnea in the dictionary

  1. hypoandrogenism
  2. hypoandrogenisms
  3. hypoaneuploidy
  4. hypoantithrombinemia
  5. hypoanxious
  6. hypoapnea
  7. hypoarctic
  8. hypoarginemia
  9. hypoargininemia
  10. hypoarousal
  11. hypoarticulation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hypoapnea (page history and authors); hypopnea (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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