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stertor

[ stur-ter ]

noun

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


stertor

/ ˈ²õ³Ùɜ˳ÙÉ™ /

noun

  1. laborious or noisy breathing caused by obstructed air passages
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stertor1

1795–1805; < Latin stert ( ere ) to snore + -or 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stertor1

C17: from New Latin, from Latin stertere to snore
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These are the predominant symptoms: hebetude or low, muttering delirium, picking at the bed-clothes, involuntary evacuations, stertor, and the like.

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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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