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Gasping, laboured respiration; a gasping, laboured breath.
A heavy snoring sound accompanying inspiration in profound unconsciousness (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). gen.
Medicine. cogged-wheel breathing, cogged rhythm: a term for a jerky respiratory sound in chest-affections, somewhat resembling the sound of a cogged…
Pathology. A sibilant râle.