🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

apneia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: apneia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Apnea/ˈæp.ni.ə/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele faz tratamento para apneia do sono."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep.

    "The patient was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, which causes frequent respiratory pauses throughout the night."
  2. 2

    A temporary suspension of breathing.

    "Certain diving mammals experience a brief apnea when submerging into deep water."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin, originating from Ancient Greek apnoia, meaning 'want of breath' or 'breathlessness'. It is formed by the alpha privative prefix a- ('not, without') combined with pnein ('to blow, to breathe').

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