stertor

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Whether you call it by its slang name, "sawing logs," or its medical name, "stertor," snoring is common.

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  • Whether you call it by its slang name, "sawing logs," or its medical name, "stertor," snoring is common. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • There is no stertor. —  Beyond the City
  • He sleeps without stertor. —  Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • In the _coma_ of _uræmia_ or of _diabetes_ there is no true paralysis, nor is there stertor. —  Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • 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 The temperature becomes very high, reaching 105° to 109° F In heat exhaustion the animal usually requires urging for some time prior to the appearance of any other symptoms, generally perspiration is checked, and then the horse becomes weak in its gait, the breathing hurried or panting, eyes watery or bloodshot, nostrils dilated and highly reddened, assuming a dark, purple color; the pulse is rapid and weak, the heart bounding, followed by unconsciousness and death. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. New Latin, from Latin stertere, to snore.

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  1. from New Latin stertor, from Latin stertere, snore.
 

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/ˈstərtər/
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