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stertor
[ stur-ter ]
noun
, Pathology.
- a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
stertor
/ ˈstɜːtə /
noun
- laborious or noisy breathing caused by obstructed air passages
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stertor1
C17: from New Latin, from Latin stertere to snore
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Example Sentences
In urmic coma true stertor is less apt to be observed; sometimes the respiration in this condition has a hissing sound.
From Project Gutenberg
In the coma of uræmia or of diabetes there is no true paralysis, nor is there stertor.
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Coma with stertor, and a full, bounding pulse, indicates liberal bloodletting.
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