SLEEP APNEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sleep apnea mean? 

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

1. apnea that occurs during sleep

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLEEP APNEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apnea that occurs during sleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

sleep disorder (a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern)

apnea (transient cessation of respiration)

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

cot death; crib death; infant death; SIDS; sudden infant death syndrome (sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep)

 Context examples 

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)

A condition associated with multiple episodes of sleep apnea which are distinguished from obstructive sleep apnea (SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE) by the complete cessation of efforts to breathe.

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

This 2008 study concluded that individuals with severe sleep apnea are at increased risk for coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and stroke.

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

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)

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)

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

(Joubert Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A broad classification of disorders which includes 6 subtypes (primary central sleep apnea, central sleep apnea due to Cheyne-Stokes breathing pattern, central sleep apnea due to medical condition not Cheyne-Stokes, central sleep apnea due to high-altitude periodic breathing, central sleep apnea due to drug or substance and primary sleep apnea of infancy) that are each characterized by interruptions in breathing while asleep.

(Central Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

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

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

Patients with sleep apnea often have compromised heart health.

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