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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the names of Scottish physician John Cheyne (1777–1836) and Irish physician William Stokes (1804–1878).
