sleep apnea

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Apnea caused by upper airway obstruction during sleep, associated with frequent awakening and often with daytime sleepiness.

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Words nearby sleep apnea

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How to use sleep apnea in a sentence

Lee would stay up late, unable to sleep from the pains he had in his back.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
On some Sundays he came to church with only two hours of sleep.
Exposed: The Gay-Bashing Pastor’s Same-Sex Assault|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Zubaydah and two other detainees were subsequently waterboarded, and subjected to other methods including sleep deprivation.
CIA Interrogation Chief: ‘Rectal Feeding,’ Broken Limbs Are News to Me|Kimberly Dozier|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Detainees there were subject to sleep deprivation, shackled to bars with their hands above their heads.
Inside the CIA’s Sadistic Dungeon|Tim Mak|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He was slapped, grabbed in the face, placed in stress positions, placed in standing sleep deprivation, and doused with water.
Inside the CIA’s Sadistic Dungeon|Tim Mak|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At last Aristide fed him desperately, dandled him eventually to sleep, and returned to an excited pillow.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Punch scratched himself in his sleep, and Judy moaned a little.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Until we work up some weeks' reserve of water, food and cartridges, I shan't sleep sound.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The white light of the moon had fallen upon the world like the mystery and the softness of sleep.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
So how do you suppose Yung Pak's mother used to put him to sleep in this land where cradles were unknown?
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike

Scientific definitions for sleep apnea

sleep apnea

Apnea caused by upper airway obstruction during sleep, associated with frequent awakening and often with daytime sleepiness. It occurs most often in people who are obese or who have an obstructed respiratory tract or neurological abnormalities.