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cheyne-stokes respiration
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cheyne-stokes respiration has 1 sense
- cheyne-stokes respiration(n = noun.act) periodic breathing - abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate; Array is a kind of breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cheyne-stokes respiration, adj. Med. (of a breathing cycle) with a gradual decrease of movement to a complete stop, followed by a gradual increase.
Etymology
J. Cheyne, Sc. physician d. 1836, and W. Stokes, Ir. physician d. 1878
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