Medical Terminology / Unit 9 MedTerm 0544 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Apnea
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The idea
Apnea is the absence of breathing.
In practice
The prefix a names without, and pnea names breathing.
Where people slip
Dyspnea is difficult; apnea is absent. One letter of prefix separates the two.
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