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Definition of: apnoea
(ap·nē′ə) noun Pathol.
Suspension of respiration, partial or entire; suffocation. Also ap·ne′a. [<NL <Gk. apnoia <a- without + pnoiē, pnoē breath]
—ap·noe′al, ap·noe′ic adjective
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