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Cheyne-stokes Respiration

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Noun

1. cheyne-stokes respiration, periodic breathing

abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate

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Cheyne-stokes Respiration

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respiration characterized by cycles of deep, rapid breathing and weak, slow breathing, as in cases of heart failure or coma

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cheyne-stokes Respiration

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n.
An abnormal type of breathing seen especially in comatose patients, characterized by alternating periods of shallow and deep breathing.

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