stridor
IPA: strˈaɪdɝ
noun
- A harsh, shrill, unpleasant noise.
- (medicine) A high-pitched sound heard on inspiration resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway usually indicative of serious airway obstruction.
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Examples of "stridor" in Sentences
- A special type of wheeze is stridor.
- It is important to distinguish stertor with stridor.
- It is important to distinguish stertor from stridor.
- As croup worsens, stridor may decrease considerably.
- The most frequent sign is the rapid development of stridor.
- Stridor will be provoked or worsened by agitation or crying.
- Marketing also linked Fisto to the Heroic Warriors' war horse Stridor.
- The usual symptom of tracheomalacia is expiratory stridor or laryngeal crow.