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■ noun Medicine an abnormal cyclical pattern of breathing in which the rate gradually decreases to a complete stop and then increases again.
Origin
C19: named after the physicians John Cheyne and William Stokes .
[ tʃeɪn ]
■ noun Medicine an abnormal cyclical pattern of breathing in which the rate gradually decreases to a complete stop and then increases again.
Origin
C19: named after the physicians John Cheyne and William Stokes .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004