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stertor
[ stur-ter ]
noun
- a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
stertor
/ ˈɜːə /
noun
- laborious or noisy breathing caused by obstructed air passages
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stertor1
Example Sentences
In ur�mic coma true stertor is less apt to be observed; sometimes the respiration in this condition has a hissing sound.
In the coma of uræmia or of diabetes there is no true paralysis, nor is there 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.
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.
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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