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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ἀ

priv. + [GREEK], [GREEK], breath, [GREEK] to breathe, blow.]

(Med.)

Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation; same as

See also: apnœa

apnoea ‎(usually uncountable, plural apnoeas or apnoeae)