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sleep apneas

sleep apneas is the plural of sleep apnea.

Meaning of sleep apnea

Noun

sleep apnea (countable and uncountable, plural sleep apneas)

  1. (US) A common sleep-related breathing disorder characterized by repeated episodes of partial or complete cessation of airflow during sleep, leading to intermittent hypoxemia, hypercapnia, sleep fragmentation, and recurrent arousals.

Questions about sleep apneas

What is sleep apneas the plural of?
Sleep apneas is the plural of sleep apnea.

Words near sleep apneas in the dictionary

  1. Sleemans
  2. sleep
  3. sleep a wink
  4. sleep aid
  5. sleep apnea
  6. sleep apneas
  7. sleep apnoea
  8. sleep apnoeas
  9. sleep around
  10. sleep black
  11. sleep camel

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