See Also: Cheyne-Stokes(dictionary)
cheyne-stokes respiration(medicine)
Cheyne-Stokes psychosis(medicine)
Cheyne, John(medicine)
Cheyne, Sir William Watson(encyclopedia)
Stokes(1)(dictionary)
Stokes' law(medicine)
Stokes(2)(dictionary)
Stokes-Adams(dictionary)
Stokes, Sir William(medicine)

Cheyne-Stokes (iou)



Cheyne-Stokes adjective. L19.
[John Cheyne (1777-1836), Scot. physician, and William Stokes (1804-78), Irish physician.]
Medicine. Designating respiration characterized by a cyclical variation of rate involving gradual decrease, cessation, and gradual increase.
Arnold Bennett Symptoms of 'Cheyne-Stokes breathing', the final and worst symptom of his disease.