Cheyne-Stokes asth'ma

(chan-stoks) [John Cheyne, Scotch physician, 777-1836 William Stokes, Irish physician, 1804-1878.] The dyspnea of advanced myocardiac degeneration. C.-S. respira'tion, a type of breathing in which the respirations gradually increase in depth up to a certain point and then decrease; flnally all respiration