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sleep apnoea

sleep apnoea is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of sleep apnoea

pluralsleep apnoeas

Questions about sleep apnoea

What is sleep apnoea the alternative spelling of?
Sleep apnoea is the alternative spelling of sleep apnea.

Words near sleep apnoea in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sleep apnoea (page history and authors); sleep 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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