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While a "definition" may be enough to qualify an article as a stub, Apnea Board Wiki is not a dictionary. The distinction between dictionary and encyclopedia articles is best expressed by the use–mention distinction:
A '''dictionary article''' is about a word or phrase and will often have several different definitions for it. 
An '''encyclopedia article''' is about the subject denoted by the title but usually has only one definition (or in some cases, several definitions that are largely the same) but there may be several equivalent words (synonyms) or phrases for it.
There is no set size at which an article stops being a stub. While very short articles are likely to be stubs, there are some subjects about which very little can be written. Conversely, there are subjects about which a lot could be written – their articles may still be stubs even if they are a few paragraphs long. As such, it is impossible to state whether an article is a stub based solely on its length, and any decision on the article has to come down to an editor's best judgment.
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