PERIODIC APNEA OF THE NEWBORN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Irregular breathing of newborns; periods of rapid breathing followed by apnea; believed to be associated with sudden infant death syndrome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("periodic apnea of the newborn" is a kind of...):

apnea (transient cessation of respiration)

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