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Cheyne-Stokes
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English
Etymology
From the names of Scottish physician John Cheyne (1777–1836) and Irish physician William Stokes (1804–1878).
Pronunciation
en /tʃeɪnˈstəʊks/ RP
en /tʃeɪnˈstoʊks/ GA
Noun
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en medicine attributively An abnormal pattern of breathing involving apnea alternating with periods of compensatory hyperventilation and with smooth, gradual transitions between the two, characteristic of those in a coma or suffering cardiac or cerebral episodes.
IX 154 He recognized Cheyne-Stokes tendencies in his respiration—but like everything the symptom served only to turn him in toward his emotion.
Further reading
Cheyne-Stokes respiration
en eponyms