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apnea
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apnea [′ap·nē·ə]
(medicine)
A transient cessation of respiration.


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Where they read the phrase 'after my death', many imagine a pulseless corpse and might be horrified to learn that it really means "after I become comatose and apnoeic (cannot breathe), but all my other organs are working fine, I will be eviscerated while still pink and warm, with my heart still spontaneously beating and blood circulating.
 
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