breathing-related sleep disorder

in DSM–IV–TR, a primary sleep disorder marked by excessive sleepiness or insomnia arising from sleep disruption due to breathing difficulties during sleep, for example, sleep apnea. In DSM–5, the classification refers to three specific disorders: obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea (characterized by episodes of absent or reduced breathing during sleep and by daytime sleepiness); central sleep apnea (repeated episodes of absent or reduced breathing caused by variability in respiratory control during sleep); and sleep-related hypoventilation (decreased respiration during sleep). See dyssomnia.

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January 23rd 2025

neolocal

adj. denoting a living arrangement in which a newly married couple begin a new household separate from their kin, or a culture in which this is the norm. Compare matrilocal; patrilocal.