stertor

American  

[stur-ter] / ˈstɜr tər /

noun

Pathology.

1. a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.

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stertor British  

/ ˈstɜːtə /

noun

1. laborious or noisy breathing caused by obstructed air passages

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Etymology

Origin of stertor

1795–1805; < Latin stert ( ere ) to snore + -or ¹

Example Sentences

How does a patient breathe when moribund from simple exhaustion, and how does such respiration differ from the toil and struggle of asthma or the stertor of narcotism?

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In the coma of uræmia or of diabetes there is no true paralysis, nor is there stertor.

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The breathing is marked with great stertor, the pulse is very slow and irregular, cold sweats break out in patches on the surface of the body, and the animal often dies without having recovered consciousness.

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Respiration was irregular, sometimes sighing; in the late stage often of the Cheyne-Stokes type; actual stertor was exceptional, but the respiration was often noisy.

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Recently a dose of ninety-six grains, taken toxically, produced giddiness, then epileptic convulsions, with dilated pupils, and stertor of breathing.

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