STERTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stertor mean? 

• STERTOR (noun)
  The noun STERTOR has 1 sense:

1. the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound

  Familiarity information: STERTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STERTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of snoring or producing a snoring sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

snore; snoring; stertor

Hypernyms ("stertor" is a kind of...):

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

Derivation:

stertorous (of breathing having a heavy snoring sound)