Medical Terminology / Unit 9 MedTerm 0539 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-pnea: Breathing
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The idea
The suffix pnea names breathing, and takes a prefix describing how the breathing is occurring.
In practice
Apnea is the absence of breathing.
Where people slip
The p is silent, so pnea is spoken as nee ah.
Your place on the trail
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