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- noun Plural form of
apnea .
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Examples
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She had previously had a few apneas—trouble breathing.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Twins and More Jack Canfield 2009
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That's a sign that you could be having sleep apneas during the night.
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She had previously had a few apneas—trouble breathing.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Twins and More Jack Canfield 2009
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Loud snoring, punctuated with periods of silence the apneas, is typical but is not always present, especially in children.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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He had over six hundred apneas in one night, each lasting between twenty and seventy seconds.
Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006
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He had over six hundred apneas in one night, each lasting between twenty and seventy seconds.
Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006
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Allows lateral body movement while inhibiting on the back sleep where most loud disruptive snoring and positional apneas occur.
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Allows lateral body movement while inhibiting on the back sleep where most loud disruptive snoring and positional apneas occur.
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They also speculate that other health problems, such as chronic lung disease, prematurity apneas and retinopathy of prematurity, may also be affected by a delay in cord blood clamping.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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This leads to partial reductions (hypopneas) and complete pauses (apneas) in breathing that can produce abrupt reductions in blood oxygen saturation.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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