stridor
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- noun
- /ˈstraɪdər/
- Specialized
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estridor
- As the stridor became worse and the patient's condition rapidly deteriorated, an urgent otolaryngology consultation was requested.
- inspiratory stridor
- distress with stridor
- stridor and dyspnea
Examples
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Patients usually present in the first few years of life with respiratory distress and stridor.
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We report a case of an oncocytic cyst in a patient who presented with an acute onset of stridor.
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Acute stridor, as occurred in our patient, is extremely rare.
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Five days later, the patient was brought back to the Emergency Department with inspiratory stridor and dyspnea.
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Our case, to our knowledge, is the first report of PPI-related hypocalcemia with associated stridor.
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Other manifestations include pain, dysphagia, stridor, and respiratory distress.
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Physical examination revealed mild inspiratory stridor with oxygen saturation of 100% on room air.
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Other common symptoms include stridor, apnea, failure to thrive, cough, and tachypnea.
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A 75-year-old man was brought to the Accident and Emergency Department with a sudden onset of severe stridor and tachypnea.
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The child was taken to the doctor after he started making a stridor sound while breathing.
Synonyms
A high wheezing sound in the lungs when airways are narrow
A loud rough sound when someone breathes during sleep or illness
Antonyms
How Noisy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stridor comes from the Latin word stridere, which meant 'to creak' or 'to hiss'. It is the same root as strident ('loud and harsh'), so stridor now names the harsh, whistling or grating breathing sound when the airway is partly blocked.