† stertoriousadj.
Obsolete.
= stertorous adj.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [adjective] > snoring
snurting1567
snorting1573
snoring1688
stertorous1802
stertorious1803
rhonchal1857
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > noisy breathing > during sleep
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stertorious1803
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 246 The sickness had considerably abated, his respiration less stertorious.
Derivatives
stertoriousness n.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [noun] > snoring
routingc1405
snoringc1440
snorting1575
stertorousness1845
stertoriousnessa1849
a1849 E. A. Poe Facts Case M. Valdemar in Wks. (1865) I. 125 The stertorious breathing ceased—that is to say, its stertoriousness was no longer apparent.
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