[mod.L., f. L. stertĕre to snore. Cf. F. sterteur.] A heavy snoring sound accompanying inspiration in profound unconsciousness (Syd. Soc. Lex.). a. Path.
1804. Med. Jrnl., XII. 110. A profound sleep, attended with a stertor resembling, that of apoplexy.
1845. Budd, Dis. Liver, 198. The delirium passed into complete coma, with dilated pupils and stertor.
1901. R. L. Bowles, in Lancet, 6 July, 1/1. Mucous stertor is a term which may be given to the bubbling of air through mucus or fluids in the trachea or larger air-tubes.
b. gen.
1849. Blackw. Mag., LXVI. 99. Listening … to the loud nose of a distant comrade, lest its fitful stertor should startle another pair of nostrils.
1856. Alb. Smith, Mr. Ledbury, I. v. 31. The stertor of intoxication.
