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Definition of Apnea
1. Noun. Transient cessation of respiration.
Definition of Apnea
1. Noun. (pathology) The cessation of breathing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apnea
1. temporary cessation of respiration [n -S] : APNEAL, APNEIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Apnea
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Apnea
Literary usage of Apnea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"The fetus is, physiologically speaking, in a condition of apnea. ... Dyspnea,
Hyperpnea, apnea.—By the term dyspnea in its widest sense "^_^j£flH _fl"v ..."
2. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1905)
"According to this terminology, true apnea is due to a condition of ... In the
intact animal, therefore, we may say that apnea is due to two causes: first, ..."
3. Text-book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology by John James Reese (1903)
"DEATH FROM DIFFERENT FORMS OF apnea (ASPHYXIA). This includes death from Suffocation,
Strangulation, Hanging, and Drowning ..."
4. Physiology and Biochemistry in Modern Medicine by John James Rickard Macleod (1922)
"The effect of 02 in prolonging apnea, must, therefore, be dependent on the fact
that it prevents anoxemia. By this means the period during which the breath ..."
5. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1914)
"Voluntary apnea. Heart cycles increase in length slightly (0.02 of a ...
Voluntary apnea with very slow heart rate. A lengthening of the third cycle plotted ..."
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