CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate

Synonyms:

Cheyne-Stokes respiration; periodic breathing

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("Cheyne-Stokes respiration" is a kind of...):

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)