CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cheyne-Stokes respiration mean? 

• CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION (noun)
  The noun CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION has 1 sense:

1. abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate

  Familiarity information: CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEYNE-STOKES RESPIRATION (noun)

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Meaning:

Abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Cheyne-Stokes respiration; periodic breathing

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)