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

Example Sentences

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

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

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)

It was very nearly a sine-wave modulation of the light—and when a Mahon-modified machine goes into sine-wave flicker, it is the same as Cheyne-Stokes breathing in a human.

From The Machine That Saved The World by Leinster, Murray

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

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.