üle 10 sekundi kestev hingamispeetus une ajal, brief periods of recurrent cessation of breathing during sleep that is caused especially by obstruction of the airway or a disturbance in the brain's respiratory center and is associated especially wi, repetitive periods without breathing, occurring during sleep, lasting for 10 seconds or longer and recurring hundreds of times a night, the temporary cessation of breathing during sleep, which in some cases is due to obstruction of the upper airway by enlarged tonsils, uvula, etc, causing the sufferer to snore loudly and fight for bre