periodic breathing

1. 1.

   abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate

   SynonymsCheyne-Stokes respiration

   Broaderbreathing

Questions about periodic breathing

What does periodic breathing mean?

periodic breathing means "abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate".

What is another word for periodic breathing?

Close synonyms include Cheyne-Stokes respiration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is periodic breathing a common word?

periodic breathing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.