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cheyne-stokes respiration(medicine)
Cheyne, Sir William Watson(encyclopedia)

Cheyne-Stokes (iou) and aminopropionitrile (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.

aminopropionitrile (medicine)


aminopropionitrile
<chemical> 3-aminopropanenitrile. Reagent used as an intermediate in the manufacture of beta-alanine and pantothenic acid.

Chemical name: Propanenitrile, 3-amino-