Usually means: Breathing repeatedly stops during sleep.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word sleep apnea:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. sleep apnea: Merriam-Webster
  2. sleep apnea: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. sleep apnea: Vocabulary.com
  4. sleep apnea: Wiktionary
  5. sleep apnea: Dictionary.com
  6. Sleep Apnea, Sleep apnea: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. sleep apnea: Rhymezone
  8. sleep apnea: FreeDictionary.org
  9. sleep apnea: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. sleep apnea: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sleep apnea: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sleep apnea: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. sleep apnea: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Sleep apnea: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. sleep apnea: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Glossary
  5. Sleep apnea: Merck Manuals
  6. sleep apnea: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  7. sleep apnea: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. Disorder Index (No longer online)
  9. sleep apnea, apnea, sleep: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  10. Sleep Terms (No longer online)
  11. sleep apnea: Medical dictionary
  12. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  13. Sleep apnea: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sleep apnea: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (sleep apnea)

noun:  (pathology, American spelling) Brief interruptions of breathing during sleep.

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