What does apneic mean?
Apneic means (pathology) Exhibiting or relating to apnea: no longer breathing.
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/æpˈniːɪk/ · adjective
(pathology) Exhibiting or relating to apnea: no longer breathing.
Rarely (in cases which trouble us all) our new tools find themselves applied to bodies which in any prior human era would have become apneic in seconds, pulseless in minutes, rigid in hours, and putrid in days[…].
In three animals, apneic episodes in the second minute of hypoxia necessitated termination of the hypoxic challenge.
Use apneic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Apneic means (pathology) Exhibiting or relating to apnea: no longer breathing.
Common synonyms include apnoeic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Rarely (in cases which trouble us all) our new tools find themselves applied to bodies which in any prior human era would have become apneic in seconds, pulseless in minutes, rigid in hours, and putrid in days[…].
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