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English

Alternative forms

• (UK) apnoea
• (Obsolete) apnœa

Etymology

a- +? -pnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ?????? (ápnoia), formed from ?- (a-, “absence of”) + ???? (pno?, “breathing”).

Noun

apnea (countable and uncountable, plural apneas)

1. (pathology) The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.

Synonyms

• asphyxia

Derived terms

• apneic
• postapnea
• preapnea
• sleep apnea

Related terms

• hypopnea

Translations

See also

• apnea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• eupnea

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “apnea”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• paean, pæan

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?b?ne.?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ab?ne.a/
• Rhymes: -ea
• Hyphenation: ap?ne?a

Noun

apnea f (plural apnees)

1. (pathology) apnea

Further reading

• “apnea” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Finnish

(index ap)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??pne?/, [??pne??]
• Rhymes: -?pne?
• Syllabification: ap?ne?a

Noun

apnea

1. apnea

Declension

Derived terms

• uniapnea

Anagrams

• apean, nepaa

Indonesian

Etymology

From English apnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ?????? (ápnoia), formed from ?- (a-, “absence of”) + ???? (pno?, “breathing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ap?n?a?]
• Hyphenation: ap?nèa

Noun

apnea (first-person possessive apneaku, second-person possessive apneamu, third-person possessive apneanya)

1. (emergency medicine) apnea; apnoea.

Alternative forms

• apneu

Further reading

• “apnea” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

apnea f (plural apnee)

1. apnea
2. freediving

Derived terms

• apneista
• apneistico

Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ?????? (ápnoia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab?nea/, [a???ne.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Hyphenation: ap?ne?a

Noun

apnea f (plural apneas)

1. apnea

Derived terms

• apneico

Related terms

• hipopnea

Further reading

• “apnea” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Since 16th century; borrowed from Old French epilepsie, from Latin epil?psia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (epil?psía), from ?????????? (epilambán?, “I seize”), from ??? (epí, “upon”) + ??????? (lambán?, “I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?l?psi/
• Hyphenation: ep?i?lep?sy

Noun

epilepsy (countable and uncountable, plural epilepsies)

1. (pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.
   • 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living

     Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.

Derived terms

• epileptic
• epileptiform

Translations

See also

• falling sickness
• grand mal
• petit mal