Cheyne
[chey-nee, cheyn] /ˈtʃeɪ ni, tʃeɪn/
noun
1.
Thomas Kelly
[kel-ee] /ˈkɛl i/ (Show IPA), 1841–1915, English clergyman and Biblical scholar.
Cheyne (chān, chā’nē), John. 1777-1836.
Scottish physician who described (1818) the breathing irregularity now known as Cheyne-Stokes respiration.
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