Stertorous
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Stertorous is a medical used word used to express respiration characterized by a heavy snoring or gasping sound, i.e hoarsely breathing. It occurs in common with mouth breathing due to chronic nasal obstruction. The patient is said to suffer from stertor.
It is important to distinguish stertor from stridor.
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