stertorous
- adjective
- /ˈstɜrtərəs/
- Specialized
:
estertoroso
- He lay on the couch, his stertorous breathing echoing in the quiet room.
- stertorous breathing
Examples
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The patient's stertorous breathing, each intake accompanied by a small noise, a note, suddenly stops.
Fiction book (1996) -
In the cinder-block motel room, he set the alarm, but his own stertorous breathing woke him before it rang.
Fiction book (1997) -
A stertorous voice said, "Who wakes me?"
Fiction book (1999) -
(stertorous breathing) - [Cerebral Cortex]
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I remembered listening for that sound when she was small; the slow, stertorous rhythm of reassurance sounded through the darkened nursery, even as a heartbeat.
Fiction book (1992) -
The patient's breathing grew stertorous as he struggled to take in air while sleeping.
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Listening to the stertorous gasps of the man next to her, she realized he needed help.
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Etymology
The word stertorous comes from the Latin root stertor and the verb stertēre, which mean 'a heavy snore' and 'to snore'. So a stertorous breathing sound is like loud, heavy snoring or gasping, and that is why doctors use it for noisy breathing that often shows a blocked airway.