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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)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate
Classified under:
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)
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