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

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stertor

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.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Coma with stertor, and a full, bounding pulse, indicates liberal bloodletting.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

These are the predominant symptoms: hebetude or low, muttering delirium, picking at the bed-clothes, involuntary evacuations, stertor, and the like.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry

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?

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various