Usually means: Temporary cessation of breathing during sleep.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. apnea: Merriam-Webster
  2. apnea: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. apnea: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. apnea: Collins English Dictionary
  5. apnea: Vocabulary.com
  6. Apnea, apnea: Wordnik
  7. apnea: Wiktionary
  8. apnea: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. apnea: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. apnea: Dictionary.com
  11. apnea: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Apnea (Ricardo Arjona song), Apnea (song), Apnea: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. apnea: Rhymezone
  14. apnea: FreeDictionary.org
  15. apnea: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. apnea: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. apnea: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. apnea: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. apnea: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Apnea: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Apnea: Merck Manuals
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  8. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  9. apnea: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  10. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  11. apnea: Medical dictionary
  12. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  13. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  14. Apnea: Drug Medical Dictionary
  15. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. APNEA: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Apnea: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See apneas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (apnea)

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

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