stridor

IPA: strˈaɪdɝ

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.

Examples of "stridor" in Sentences

Noisy breathing (stridor) – An audible wheeze when your baby breathes in.
Expiratory stridor -- This occurs when your child breathes out and it indicates a problem further down the windpipe.
Inspiratory stridor -- This occurs when your child breathes and it indicates a collapse of tissue above the vocal cords.
It is not what Briony needs—if she had been having stridor, we would have heard the noise in her throat with each sharp intake of air.
Biphasic stridor -- This occurs when your child breathes in and out, and it indicates a narrowing of the subglottis, the cartilage right below the vocal cords.
I have witnessed what would seem to be a tonic seizure where the muscles become rigid, the back is arched, I hear a stridor breathing pattern and sometimes Elizabeth screams.
• “Barky” cough that sounds similar to the barking of a seal or dog; making a harsh, raspy, whooping sound when inhaling stridor; drooling; loss of appetite; disinterest in drinking fluids; too tired to cough.