Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleep apnea

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables: sleep- ap-nea
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A common sleep-related breathing disorder characterized by repeated episodes of partial or complete cessation of airflow during sleep, leading to intermittent hypoxemia, hypercapnia, sleep fragmentation, and recurrent arousals.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

sleep apneas (plural) sleep apnoea (alternative)

Questions

What does sleep apnea mean?: A common sleep-related breathing disorder characterized by repeated episodes of partial or complete cessation of airflow during sleep, leading to intermittent hypoxemia, hypercapnia, sleep fragmentation, and recurrent arousals.

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