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SLEEP APNEA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Apnea that occurs during sleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sleep apnea" is a kind of...):

sleep disorder (a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern)

apnea (transient cessation of respiration)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sleep apnea"):

cot death; crib death; infant death; SIDS; sudden infant death syndrome (sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep)

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 Context examples: 

When both forms are present the condition is referred to as mixed sleep apnea (see SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES). (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p395; Neurol Clin 1996;14(3):611-28)

(Central Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)