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Yes. The word apnea is a Scrabble US word. The word apnea is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word apnea is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

APNEA,PAEAN,

4-letter words (6 found)

NAPA,NAPE,NEAP,PAAN,PANE,PEAN,

3-letter words (10 found)

ANA,ANE,APE,EAN,NAE,NAP,NEP,PAN,PEA,PEN,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AE,AN,EA,EN,NA,NE,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 28 words from apnea according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of apnea

apnea panea anpea napea pnaea npaea apena paena aepna eapna peana epana anepa naepa aenpa eanpa neapa enapa pneaa npeaa penaa epnaa nepaa enpaa apnae panae anpae napae pnaae npaae apane paane aapne aapne paane apane anape naape aanpe aanpe naape anape pnaae npaae panae apnae napae anpae apean paean aepan eapan peaan epaan apaen paaen aapen aapen paaen apaen aeapn eaapn aaepn aaepn eaapn aeapn peaan epaan paean apean eapan aepan aneap naeap aenap eanap neaap enaap anaep naaep aanep aanep naaep anaep aeanp eaanp aaenp aaenp eaanp aeanp neaap enaap naeap aneap eanap aenap pneaa npeaa penaa epnaa nepaa enpaa pnaea npaea panea apnea napea anpea peana epana paena apena eapna aepna neapa enapa naepa anepa eanpa aenpa

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Definitions and meaning of apnea

apnea

Alternative forms

  • (UK) apnoea
  • (Obsolete) apnœa

Etymology

a- +‎ -pnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).

Noun

apnea (countable and uncountable, plural apneas)

  1. (pathology) The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.

Synonyms

  • asphyxia

Derived terms

  • apneic
  • postapnea
  • preapnea
  • sleep apnea

Related terms

  • hypopnea

Translations

See also

  • apnea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • eupnea

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “apnea”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • paean, pæan

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əbˈne.ə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [abˈne.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Hyphenation: ap‧ne‧a

Noun

apnea f (plural apnees)

  1. (pathology) apnea, (UK) apnoea
  2. (sports) freediving / free-diving / free diving

Further reading

  • “apnea” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin apnoea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑpneɑ/, [ˈɑ̝pne̞ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpneɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ap‧ne‧a

Noun

apnea

  1. apnea, (UK) apnoea

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “apnea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

  • apean, nepaa

Galician

Etymology

From New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia).

Noun

apnea f (plural apneas)

  1. apnea, (UK) apnoea
  2. (sports) freediving / free-diving / free diving

Derived terms

  • apneísta
  • apnea do sono

Related terms

  • hipopnea

Further reading

  • “apnea” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Indonesian

Etymology

From English apnea, from the New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia), formed from ἀ- (a-, “absence of”) + πνοή (pnoḗ, “breathing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈap̚nɛa̯]
  • Hyphenation: ap‧nèa

Noun

apnea (first-person possessive apneaku, second-person possessive apneamu, third-person possessive apneanya)

  1. (emergency medicine) apnea; apnoea.

Synonyms

  • apneu
  • henti napas

Further reading

  • “apnea” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈpnɛ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Hyphenation: a‧pnè‧a

Noun

apnea f (plural apnee)

  1. apnea, (UK) apnoea
  2. freediving

Derived terms

  • apneista
  • apneistico

Anagrams

  • napea, peana

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin apnoea, from the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abˈnea/ [aβ̞ˈne.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: ap‧ne‧a

Noun

apnea f (plural apneas)

  1. apnea
  2. (sports) free-diving

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “apnea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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