Stertor

Definition

Stertor is a heavy snoring or gasping sound on inspiration occurring in coma or deep sleep that may be caused by partial obstruction of airway, choanal stenosis, enlarged tonsils and/or adenoids, and redundant upper airway tissues.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Mouth breathing

• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified