apnea

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

apnea

asfissia

dispnea

soffocamento

disturbi respiratori

sinonimi

apnoea

suffocation

asphyxia

apnœa

dyspnoea

asphyxiation

respiratory disorders

Traduzioni

apnée

Apnoe

apnea

apnea

Atemstillstand

apneia

apnéia

suffocation

trouble respiratoire

asfixia

Etimologia (Inglese)

From a- + -pnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).