central sleep apnoeanoun [ U ]
UK specialized US central sleep apnea uk/ˌsen.trəl ˈsliːp ˌæp.ni.ə/us/ˈsen.trəl ˈsliːp ˌæp.ni.ə/a condition in which a person repeatedly stops breathing when they are sleeping because of wrong messages from the brain to the muscles used for breathing
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Respiratory disorders
- altitude sickness
- apnoea
- asbestosis
- bird flu
- black lung disease
- bronchitis
- bunged up
- cf
- cystic fibrosis
- hyperventilation
- laryngitis
- pharyngitis
- pulmonary fibrosis
- pulmonary hypertension
- rhinitis
- SARS
- shortness of breath
- sinusitis
- wheeze
- whooping cough
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