APNEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does apnea mean? 

• APNEA (noun)
  The noun APNEA has 1 sense:

1. transient cessation of respiration

  Familiarity information: APNEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APNEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transient cessation of respiration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("apnea" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "apnea"):

periodic apnea of the newborn (irregular breathing of newborns; periods of rapid breathing followed by apnea; believed to be associated with sudden infant death syndrome)

sleep apnea (apnea that occurs during sleep)

 Context examples 

Mutation of the gene is associated with congenital myasthenic syndrome with episodic apnea (familial infantile myasthenia gravis 2).

(CHAT wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Primary central sleep apnea is frequently associated with obstructive sleep apnea.

(Central Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Signs and symptoms include rapid breathing (hyperpnea), sleep apnea, abnormal eye movements, mental retardation, and ataxia.

(Joubert Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by recurrent apneas during sleep despite persistent respiratory efforts.

(Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An abnormal disruption of sleep, such as sleep walking, sleep talking, nightmares, bedwetting, sleep apnea (problems with breathing that cause loud snoring), or nighttime seizures.

(Parasomnia, NCI Dictionary)

You may need oxygen if you have: • COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) • Pneumonia • A severe asthma attack • Late-stage heart failure • Cystic fibrosis • Sleep apnea

(Oxygen Therapy, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Patients with sleep apnea often have compromised heart health.

(Deep Sleep May Play Role in Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Low oxygen levels during sleep are a clinical indicator of the severity of sleep apnea, a disorder that increases the risk of heart disease, dementia, and death.

(Researchers identify genetic variations linked to oxygen drops during sleep, National Institutes of Health)

They also had higher depressive symptoms, total caloric intake, and index of sleep apnea.

(Study links irregular sleep patterns to metabolic disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Recent research has linked sleep deficiency and certain sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, to an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, cancer, as well as heart disease.

(Study helps solve mystery of how sleep protects against heart disease, National Institutes of Health)