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stertorous, a.|ˈstətərəs| [f. stertor + -ous. Cf. F. stertoreux.] Characterized by, of the nature of, stertor or snoring: a. Path.
1802Med. Jrnl. VIII. 80 The stertorous breathing [in apoplexy]. 1863Reade Hard Cash xxi, The stertorous breathing recommenced. 1884M. Mackenzie Dis. Throat & Nose II. 176 He passed through an..attack of delirium tremens, falling into a deep stertorous sleep. b. gen.
1842F. E. Paget Milford Malvoisin 98 The snortings and stertorous breathings which proceeded from Mr. Blote's pew. 1877–8Henley in Ballades & Rondeaus (Canterb. Poets) 172 A stertorous after-dinner doze. Hence ˈstertorously adv., ˈstertorousness.
1832Warren Diary Late Physic. II. vi. 272 He lay in a state of profound stupor, breathing stertorously. 1845Poe Facts of Mr. Valdemar's Case in Amer. Rev. Dec. 563/1 The stertorous breathing ceased—that is to say, its stertorousness was no longer apparent. 1853Dickens Bleak Ho. xx, They find Krook still sleeping like one o'clock; that is to say, breathing stertorously with his chin upon his breast. 1876J. S. Bristowe Th. & Pract. Med. (1878) 117 In coma..the patient breathes slowly, irregularly, and stertorously. 1898Syd. Soc. Lex., Stertorousness. 1910Blackw. Mag. Nov. 606/1 The driver continued to slumber stertorously. |