cheyne-stokes

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|medicine|attributively}} An [[abnormal]] [[pattern#Noun|pattern]] of [[breathing#Noun|breathing]] involving [[apnea]] alternating with periods of [[compensatory]] [[hyperventilation]] and with smooth, gradual transitions between the two, characteristic of those in a [[coma]] or [[suffer]]ing [[cardiac]] or [[cerebral]] [[episode]]s.

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