stridor
/strahy-der/US // ˈstraɪ dər //UK // (ˈstraɪdɔː) //
喘息声,喘鸣声,喘息,喘气声
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a harsh, grating, or creaking sound.
- : Pathology. a harsh respiratory sound due to any of various forms of obstruction of the breathing passages.
Examples
Something extraordinary rent the air, dominating with its stridor the confused sounds of night.
The axillary temperature was 103°, pulse 140; slight stridor in breathing and some cough; fauces very red, but free from membrane.
“Three and three,” he shouted above the combined stridor of wind and sea.
A pause followed, the emptier for the preceding stridor of his voice.
In these cases there is marked stridor both on inspiration and expiration, but no aphonia.
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