Definition of "stertor" []

• A heavy snoring sound in respiration. (noun)

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• "Whether you call it by its slang name, "sawing logs," or its medical name, "stertor," snoring is common."
• "When persons in good health are suddenly seized with pains in the head, and straightway are laid down speechless, and breathe with stertor, they die in seven days, unless fever come on."
• "Recently a dose of ninety-six grains, taken toxically, produced giddiness, then epileptic convulsions, with dilated pupils, and stertor of breathing."