Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cheyne-stokes_respiration

1 sense of cheyne-stokes respiration

Sense 1
periodic breathing, Cheyne-Stokes respiration -- (abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate)
       => 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)