different between dyspnoea vs apnea

English

Etymology

dys- +? -pnoea, from Latin dyspnoea, from Ancient Greek ???????? (dúspnoia, “bad breathing”), compound of ???- (dus-, “bad, unfortunate”) and ???? (pno?, “breeze”).

Pronunciation

See full workup of the variants at Wikipedia > Shortness of breath > Collation of -pnea transcriptions.

Noun

dyspnoea (countable and uncountable, plural dyspnoeas)

1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of dyspnea

Anagrams

• open days

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (dúspnoia)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dysp?noe?.a/, [d??s?p?noe?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disp?ne.a/, [d?isp?n???]

Noun

dyspnoea f (genitive dyspnoeae); first declension

1. dyspnea (difficulty breathing)

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• dyspnoea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dyspnoea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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.