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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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