- apnea (n.)[apnea 词源字典]
- "suspension of breathing," also apnoea, 1719, Modern Latin, from Greek apnoia "absence of respiration," from apnos "without breathing," from a- "not" (see a- (3)) + pnein "to breathe" (see pneuma).[apnea etymology, apnea origin, 英语词源]