periodic respiration
1periodic respiration — Cheyne Stokes r …
2respiration — respirational, adj. /res peuh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing. 2. Biol. a. the sum total of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which oxygen is conveyed to tissues and cells,… …
3Periodic breathing — Clusters of breaths separated by intervals of apnea (no breathing) or near apnea. As opposed to normal breathing which is usually regular. Periodic breathing was originally thought to arise from serious neurologic or cardiovascular disease and… …
4periodic breathing — noun abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate • Syn: ↑Cheyne Stokes respiration • Hypernyms: ↑breathing, ↑external respiration, ↑respiration, ↑ventilation …
5Cheyne-Stokes respiration — ICD 10 R06.3 ICD 9 786.04 MeSH D002639 …
6external respiration — noun the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation • Syn: ↑breathing, ↑respiration, ↑ventilation • Derivationally related forms: ↑respire (for:… …
7Cheyne-Stokes respiration — adj. Med. (of a breathing cycle) with a gradual decrease of movement to a complete stop, followed by a gradual increase. Etymology: J. Cheyne, Sc. physician d. 1836, and W. Stokes, Ir. physician d. 1878 * * * noun abnormal respiration in which… …
8John Cheyne (physician) — Infobox Scientist name =John Cheyne box width = image size =150px caption = John Cheyne birth date = February 3 1777 birth place = Leith, Scotland death date = January 31 1836 death place = Buckinghamshire, England residence = British citizenship …
9Oxygen — This article is about the chemical element and its most stable form, O2 or dioxygen. For other forms of this element, see Allotropes of oxygen. For other uses, see Oxygen (disambiguation). nitrogen ← oxygen → fluorine ↑ O ↓ …
10chemistry — /kem euh stree/, n., pl. chemistries. 1. the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter. Cf. element (def. 2). 2. chemical properties, reactions, phenomena, etc.: the chemistry of… …
