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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. 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.