obstructive
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Obstructive sleep apnea is a chronic disorder that can cause a person’s airway to be repeatedly blocked during sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
Obstructive sleep apnea is a widespread condition affecting nearly one billion people around the world.
From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024
Obstructive sleep apnea occurs because there’s a problem with the structure or the function of the upper airway.
From Scientific American • Jun. 29, 2023
Obstructive sleep apnea makes you wake up feeling like you haven’t slept a wink.
From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2023
Sometimes, too, there are Obstructive Associations, which account for its inability to make up its want of mind; and as there are usually several persons at table, the result is complicated by their separate Sub-Consciousnesses.
From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel