Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun periodic_apnea_of_the_newborn

1 sense of periodic apnea of the newborn

Sense 1
periodic apnea of the newborn -- (irregular breathing of newborns; periods of rapid breathing followed by apnea; believed to be associated with sudden infant death syndrome)
       => apnea -- (transient cessation of respiration)