Definition of stridor. Meaning of stridor. Synonyms of stridor

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Definition of stridor

Stridor
Stridor Stri"dor, n. [L., from stridere to make any harsh, grating, or creaking sound.] A harsh, shrill, or creaking noise. --Dryden.

Meaning of stridor from wikipedia

- files of lung sounds. Stridor at eMedicine Congenital stridor at eMedicine MedlinePlus Encyclopedia: Breathing sounds—abnormal (stridor) Diseases Database...
- Look up stride in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stride or STRIDE may refer to: STRIDE (security), spoofing, tampering, repudiation, information disclosure...
- Corps Alexander Strider, a bus manufactured by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders Water strider, a member of the insect family Gerridae Stridor, the sound made...
- the affected airway. A special type of wheeze is stridor. Stridor — the word is from the Latin, strīdor — is a harsh, high-pitched, vibrating sound that...
- Elizabeth "Long Liz" Stride (née Gustafsdotter; 27 November 1843 – 30 September 1888) is believed to have been the third victim of the unidentified serial...
- Western world due to the success of the diphtheria vaccine. Stridor Inspiratory and expiratory stridor in a 13-month child with croup. Problems playing this...
- distinguished from stridor by its pitch. Stertor is low-pitched, and can occur when breathing in, out or both. Stertor and stridor can occur together...
- Laryngomalacia (literally, "soft larynx") is the most common cause of chronic stridor in infancy, in which the soft, immature cartilage of the upper larynx collapses...
- producing the growl or growling effect. Stridor If the aryepiglottic folds narrow the laryngeal inlet, they may cause stridor. Laryngomalacia The aryepiglottic...
- sounds such as crackles, wheezes, pleural friction rubs, stertor, and stridor. Description and classification of the sounds usually involve auscultation...