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stertorous

[ stur-ter-uh s ]

/ ˈstɜr tər əs /

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adjective

characterized by stertor or heavy snoring.

breathing in this manner.

Origin of stertorous

First recorded in 1795–1805; stertor + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM stertorous

ster·to·rous·ly, adverb ster·to·rous·ness, noun post·ster·to·rous, adjective

Words nearby stertorous

steroid hormone, steroid ulcer, steroidogenesis, sterol, stertor, stertorous, stet, stethalgia, stetho-, stethogoniometer, stethometer

Example sentences from the Web for stertorous

But in a moment the silence was broken by a deep, stertorous rattle.

Ghetto Tragedies |Israel Zangwill
When coma or profound stupor exists, it may become jerking and spasmodic, or even simulate the stertorous respiration of apoplexy.

A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I |Various
Flinging the door open, he confronted the startled bar-keeper empurpled and stertorous.

Colonel Starbottle's Client and Other Stories |Bret Harte
Nor did he stir again; only there came the sound of his stertorous breathing to indicate that he slept.

In the Brooding Wild |Ridgwell Cullum

Breathing slow and stertorous, pulse weak, countenance livid.

Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology |W. G. Aitchison Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for stertorous

stertorous

/ (ˈstɜːtərəs) /

adjective

marked or accompanied by heavy snoring

breathing in this way

Derived forms of stertorous

stertorously, adverb stertorousness, noun