Cheyne-Stokes respiration 
(chānstōks, chānē-stōks)
(chānstōks, chānē-stōks)n.
An abnormal type of breathing seen especially in comatose patients, characterized by alternating periods of shallow and deep breathing.
[After John Cheyne (1777-1836), Scottish physician, and William Stokes (1804-1878), Irish physician.]