What is another word for apnea?
615 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɐpnˈi͡ə], [ ɐpnˈiə], [ ɐ_p_n_ˈiə]
Apnea, a condition where breathing stops or becomes shallow, can also be referred to as sleep apnea, breathing pauses, respiratory arrest, suffocative apnea, and cessation of breathing. Sleep apnea is a common form of apnea, which is often accompanied by loud snoring, gasping, or choking sounds while sleeping. Respiratory arrest and suffocative apnea are more serious conditions that require immediate medical attention. Cessation of breathing is another medical term for apnea, which describes a sudden stoppage of breathing that results in a lack of oxygen to the brain and other vital organs. Regardless of the term used, anyone experiencing apnea should seek medical treatment.
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Synonyms for Apnea:
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• break • state Other relevant words:
- 10 ,
- abatement ,
- abeyance ,
- acerbity ,
- acrimony ,
- acute ,
- acute accent ,
- adjourn ,
- afflictive ,
- ail ,
- anguish ,
- annihilate ,
- annoyance ,
- appal ,
- appall ,
- arrest ,
- asthma attack ,
- back up ,
- balance ,
- ball over ,
- ball up ,
- bankrupt ,
- barf ,
- be adrift ,
- be sick ,
- become flat ,
- beleaguer ,
- besiege ,
- better ,
- billow ,
- bitterness ,
- black eye ,
- blank ,
- blast ,
- bleed ,
- bleeding ,
- blend ,
- blizzard ,
- block ,
- blow out ,
- blow out of the water ,
- bluster ,
- boast ,
- bobble ,
- bollix ,
- bollix up ,
- bollocks ,
- bollocks up ,
- border ,
- botch ,
- botch up ,
- bother ,
- botheration ,
- brag ,
- breach ,
- break away ,
- break dance ,
- break down ,
- break in ,
- break of serve ,
- break off ,
- break out ,
- break up ,
- break-dance ,
- breakage ,
- breaking ,
- breakout ,
- breath ,
- breathe ,
- breathing place ,
- breathing room ,
- breathing spell ,
- breathing time ,
- bring out ,
- bronchial asthma ,
- buckle ,
- bumble ,
- bump ,
- bungle ,
- burn out ,
- burst ,
- bust ,
- buy the farm ,
- cachexia ,
- cachexy ,
- calm ,
- calm down ,
- capture ,
- carry off ,
- cash in one's chips ,
- cast ,
- cat ,
- catch one's breath ,
- cave in ,
- check ,
- chills and fever ,
- choke coil ,
- choke off ,
- choking coil ,
- chuck ,
- circumvent ,
- clog ,
- clog up ,
- clutter ,
- coalesce ,
- coke ,
- collapse ,
- combine ,
- come apart ,
- commingle ,
- conflate ,
- congest ,
- conk ,
- conk out ,
- cool ,
- cool down ,
- corner ,
- crack ,
- cramp ,
- crippled ,
- croak ,
- crosscut ,
- crush out ,
- cushion ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- dangling ,
- daze ,
- deadening ,
- decade ,
- decease ,
- decimate ,
- deferral ,
- demote ,
- develop ,
- development ,
- dice ,
- die out ,
- disclose ,
- discontinue ,
- discover ,
- disgorge ,
- disgorgement ,
- disruption ,
- divulge ,
- do away with ,
- drift ,
- drop dead ,
- dull ,
- ease ,
- efflorescence ,
- electric shock ,
- electrical shock ,
- eliminate ,
- emergence ,
- emesis ,
- entr'acte ,
- environ ,
- environment ,
- environs ,
- eradicate ,
- erupt ,
- eternal rest ,
- eternal sleep ,
- excitation ,
- excitement ,
- exit ,
- expire ,
- expose ,
- fag ,
- fag out ,
- fail ,
- fall apart ,
- fall in ,
- falling out ,
- fatigue duty ,
- fault ,
- febricity ,
- febrility ,
- fellate ,
- fence ,
- fence in ,
- fervor ,
- fervour ,
- feverishness ,
- firing ,
- fit ,
- float ,
- floor ,
- flow ,
- flub ,
- fluff ,
- flux density ,
- fluxion ,
- foolhardy ,
- foramen ,
- foul ,
- foul up ,
- founder ,
- fracture ,
- freeze ,
- fret ,
- frisson ,
- fuck up ,
- fuddle ,
- fumble ,
- fuse ,
- gag ,
- gaining control ,
- game ,
- gangrene ,
- gaolbreak ,
- gap ,
- gas ,
- gasconade ,
- gasp ,
- gelidity ,
- genus anemia ,
- genus icterus ,
- genus rheum ,
- geological fault ,
- get around ,
- get out ,
- get rid of ,
- giddiness ,
- gimpy ,
- give ,
- give away ,
- give out ,
- give way ,
- give-up the ghost ,
- go ,
- go against ,
- go bad ,
- go down on ,
- good luck ,
- gripes ,
- growing ,
- gust ,
- haemorrhage ,
- halter ,
- halting ,
- hamper ,
- hanging ,
- happy chance ,
- heady ,
- heave up ,
- heaving ,
- heft ,
- heft up ,
- hem in ,
- hesitate ,
- high blood pressure ,
- hitch ,
- hold ,
- honk ,
- huffy ,
- hurt ,
- hurting ,
- hydrops ,
- iciness ,
- ictus ,
- ignition ,
- immix ,
- impact ,
- impairment ,
- increase ,
- increment ,
- induration ,
- inflaming ,
- infliction ,
- infract ,
- inlet ,
- intermezzo ,
- intermit ,
- interrupt ,
- interruption ,
- intestinal colic ,
- irregularity ,
- itch ,
- itchiness ,
- jade ,
- jailbreak ,
- jar ,
- jolt ,
- jounce ,
- jumble ,
- keep down ,
- kibosh ,
- kick downstairs ,
- kick the bucket ,
- kindling ,
- knee ,
- lame ,
- let on ,
- let out ,
- lie ,
- lift ,
- lightheadedness ,
- lighting ,
- liquefy ,
- liquify ,
- louse up ,
- lumbar pain ,
- mad ,
- magnetic field ,
- magnetic flux ,
- mare's nest ,
- maturation ,
- meld ,
- merge ,
- mess up ,
- mishandle ,
- mix ,
- mortification ,
- muck up ,
- muddle ,
- muff ,
- muscle spasm ,
- musical interval ,
- mute ,
- neoplasm ,
- niche ,
- nose candy ,
- nuisance ,
- oedema ,
- offend ,
- ontogenesis ,
- ontogeny ,
- open frame ,
- outgrowth ,
- outrage ,
- outwear ,
- overwhelm ,
- pain in the ass ,
- pain in the neck ,
- pain sensation ,
- painful ,
- painful sensation ,
- painfulness ,
- palisade ,
- pall ,
- palsy ,
- pant ,
- paroxysm ,
- part ,
- pass ,
- pass away ,
- perch ,
- perish ,
- pillow ,
- pop off ,
- press out ,
- prison-breaking ,
- prisonbreak ,
- puff ,
- puke ,
- puking ,
- purge ,
- put out ,
- pyrexia ,
- quash ,
- quench ,
- quiet ,
- quieten ,
- quietus ,
- quiver ,
- raise ,
- raptus ,
- raw ,
- recession ,
- reckless ,
- recrudesce ,
- redness ,
- reduce ,
- regorge ,
- regurgitate ,
- regurgitation ,
- relaxation ,
- relegate ,
- relief ,
- remain ,
- remainder ,
- repose ,
- reprieve ,
- reside ,
- residual ,
- residue ,
- residuum ,
- rest period ,
- reveal ,
- reversal ,
- reverse ,
- rift ,
- ring ,
- roost ,
- roseola ,
- rubor ,
- ruin ,
- rupture ,
- scandalise ,
- scandalize ,
- schnorchel ,
- schnorkel ,
- scrag ,
- screw up ,
- seismic disturbance ,
- sensitive ,
- separate ,
- separation ,
- setback ,
- severance ,
- shed blood ,
- shift ,
- shiver ,
- shivering ,
- shock absorber ,
- shoot a line ,
- shortcut ,
- shove along ,
- shove off ,
- shudder ,
- sick ,
- sickness ,
- skin rash ,
- skirt ,
- sleep ,
- smash ,
- snap off ,
- snorkel ,
- snorkel breather ,
- snow ,
- snuff it ,
- snuff out ,
- soften ,
- spew ,
- sphacelus ,
- split ,
- split up ,
- spoil ,
- spue ,
- squander ,
- stanch ,
- state of flux ,
- staunch ,
- stay ,
- stem ,
- still ,
- stomach upset ,
- stop ,
- stoppage ,
- strangulate ,
- stub out ,
- stultification ,
- stupor ,
- subdue ,
- subjugate ,
- submerge ,
- suck ,
- suppress ,
- surge ,
- surroundings ,
- suspension system ,
- swash ,
- swim ,
- take a breather ,
- take aback ,
- tartness ,
- tea break ,
- temporary removal ,
- ten-spot ,
- tender ,
- tenner ,
- thorniness ,
- thrill ,
- throttle ,
- throw up ,
- time interval ,
- tingle ,
- tire ,
- tire out ,
- tiredness ,
- tone down ,
- tout ,
- tranquilize ,
- tranquillise ,
- tranquillize ,
- transgress ,
- traumatise ,
- traumatize ,
- trouble ,
- turmoil ,
- uncover ,
- unwrap ,
- upchuck ,
- upheaval ,
- upset stomach ,
- vaunt ,
- violate ,
- vomit ,
- vomit up ,
- wall ,
- warp ,
- waste ,
- wasting away ,
- weaken ,
- wear ,
- wear down ,
- wear out ,
- wear upon ,
- weariness ,
- weary ,
- welter ,
- wipe out ,
- withering .
- Apnoea ,
- Diarrhea ,
- Respiratory Failure ,
- abscess ,
- ague ,
- anaemia ,
- anemia ,
- anoxia ,
- asphyxia ,
- asphyxiate ,
- asphyxiation ,
- asthma ,
- atrophy ,
- break ,
- chill ,
- choke ,
- colic ,
- constipation ,
- convulsion ,
- cyanosis ,
- die ,
- dizziness ,
- dropsy ,
- drown ,
- dysentery ,
- dyspepsia ,
- edema ,
- extinguish ,
- fatigue ,
- fever ,
- fibrillation ,
- flux ,
- growth ,
- heave ,
- hemorrhage ,
- hypertension ,
- hypotension ,
- icterus ,
- indigestion ,
- inflammation ,
- insomnia ,
- itching ,
- jaundice ,
- lumbago ,
- muffle ,
- nausea ,
- necrosis ,
- pain ,
- paralysis ,
- rash ,
- repress ,
- respiratory arrest ,
- retch ,
- rheum ,
- sclerosis ,
- seizure ,
- shock ,
- sleep apnea ,
- sleep disorder ,
- smother ,
- sore ,
- spasm ,
- stifle ,
- strangle ,
- suffocate ,
- suffocation ,
- surround ,
- symptom ,
- tabes ,
- tachycardia ,
- tumor ,
- tumour ,
- vertigo ,
- vomiting ,
- wasting .
How to use "Apnea" in context?
What is apnea?
Apnea is a sleep disorder where breathing becomes stopped for a period of time. This can happen during sleep, when someone is having a seizure, or when they are trying to deep breathe. When apnea happens, the person's brain doesn't get the signal to breathe. This can cause them to stop breathing for up to 10 minutes at a time. apnea can also cause problems with oxygen levels in the blood and can lead to heart problems. There are several types of apnea, but the most common is central apnea.
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