obstructive
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Obstructive sleep apnea happens when the upper airway repeatedly collapses during sleep.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026
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 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
At length did cross an Albatross: Through fog and frost it came; A noisy, rude, Obstructive bird; Devoid of sense or shame.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 19th 1893 by Various