Cheyne-Stokes breathing

British  

/ ˈtʃeɪnˈstəʊks /

noun

1. pathol alternating shallow and deep breathing, as in comatose patients

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Etymology

Origin of Cheyne-Stokes breathing

C19: named after John Cheyne (1777–1836), Scottish physician, and William Stokes (1804–78), Irish physician

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Cheyne-Stokes breathing

So this was Cheyne-Stokes breathing, that rare and awful affliction!

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

The fact is, this is the first case of Cheyne-Stokes breathing I’ve ever had.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

Cheyne-Stokes breathing is admirably described as ‘that of a person recollecting himself’.

From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.

Of a sudden there is a sound as of a deep and labored inspiration, suggesting the upward curve of Cheyne-Stokes breathing.

From A Book of Burlesques by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

Let them see a human animal in a crisis of Cheyne-Stokes breathing, and they would know something about reality!

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold