CHEYNE-STOKES BREATHING


Meaning of CHEYNE-STOKES BREATHING in English

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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 .

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