See Also: Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome(health)
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Congenital(medicine)

hey (iou) and Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (health)


hey (iou)



hey interjection & noun2. ME.
[Natural exclam. Cf. Old French hai, hay, Dutch, German hei, Swedish hej. Cf. also HEIGH.]
A. interjection. Attracting attention; expr. joy, surprise, or inquiry, or enthusiastic approval for. Freq. in comb. with redupl. words to form a meaningless refrain, as, hey-diddle-diddle, hey-nonny-nonny, etc. ME.
hey COCKALORUM. hey jingo: see JINGO interjection 1. hey presto: see PRESTO adverb. hey, Rube!: see RUBE 2.
C. Gebler Hey mother, the water's running down the back of my neck.
b. noun. A cry of 'hey!' LME.

Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (health)


Failure from birth of central nervous system control over breathing while asleep. There are usually no breathing problems while awake. The involuntary (autonomic) control of respiration is impaired, but the voluntary control of ventilation which operates during waking hours is generally intact.