Pronunciations (2)
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/tʃeɪnˈstəʊks/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/tʃeɪnˈstoʊks/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
An abnormal pattern of breathing involving apnea alternating with periods of compensatory hyperventilation and with smooth, gradual transitions between the two, characteristic of those in a coma or suffering cardiac or cerebral episodes.
Usage- attributive
- Uncountable
- Examples
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He recognized Cheyne-Stokes tendencies in his respiration—but like everything the symptom served only to turn him in toward his emotion.