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Definition of Stertorous
1. Adjective. Of breathing having a heavy snoring sound.
Definition of Stertorous
1. a. Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompanies inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing; snoring.
Definition of Stertorous
1. Adjective. Sounding like snoring or snorting. ¹
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Definition of Stertorous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stertorous
Literary usage of Stertorous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1878)
"Stertorous breathing; occasionally there was such an impediment in the ...
Respiration stertorous, with a mucous rattle from the throat (after six hours and ..."
2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1882)
"Stertorous BREATHING IN APOPLEXY, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE APOPLECTIC STATE.
... In the investigation of the causes of stertorous breathing in apoplexy, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Respiration is slow, sometimes stertorous or groaning, and the temperature is
low or subnormal. If not treated the animal die« in two or three days from ..."
4. Caloric: Its Mechanical, Chemical, and Vital Agencies in the Phenomena of Nature by Samuel Lytler Metcalfe (1843)
"The breathing is slow and stertorous, the surface and extremities cold, the pulse
feeble, with prostration of strength, loss of appetite, nausea, ..."
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