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Name of the medical condition and other names that it’s been known by • Sleep apnea • Sleep-disordered breathing What is Sleep Apnea? Sleep apnea is a common condition that affects a person's breathing during sleep. The word, "apnea", comes from Greek and means "without breath”. With this disorder, breathing repeatedly stops and starts while a person is sleeping. These pauses in breathing can last from a few seconds to minutes and may occur 30 times or more in an hour. When this happens, the bod