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STERTOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stertor mean?
• STERTOR (noun)
The noun STERTOR has 1 sense:
1. the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound
Familiarity information: STERTOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of snoring or producing a snoring sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("stertor" is a kind of...):
breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)
Derivation:
stertorous (of breathing having a heavy snoring sound)
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