apnea

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Etymology

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

Noun

apnea (countable and uncountable, plural apneas)

  1. (pathology) The cessation of breathing.

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References
  • “apnea” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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Finnish

(index ap)

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ap‧ne‧a

Noun

apnea

  1. apnea

Declension
Inflection of apnea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative apnea apneat
genitive apnean apneoiden
apneoitten
partitive apneaa apneoita
illative apneaan apneoihin
singular plural
nominative apnea apneat
accusative nom. apnea apneat
gen. apnean
genitive apnean apneoiden
apneoitten
apneainrare
partitive apneaa apneoita
inessive apneassa apneoissa
elative apneasta apneoista
illative apneaan apneoihin
adessive apnealla apneoilla
ablative apnealta apneoilta
allative apnealle apneoille
essive apneana apneoina
translative apneaksi apneoiksi
instructive — apneoin
abessive apneatta apneoitta
comitative — apneoineen

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Italian

Noun

apnea f (plural apnee)

  1. apnea
  2. freediving

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Spanish

Noun

apnea f (plural apneas)

  1. apnea
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