stertor

== English == === Etymology === From Latin stertō (“to snore”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɝtɚ/, /ˈstɝtoɹ/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɜːtə/, /ˈstɜːtɔː/ === Noun === stertor (countable and uncountable, plural stertors) (biology, medicine) The act of snoring, especially heavy snoring. (biology, medicine) A snoring sound, as for example even during wakefulness in infants with breathing difficulties. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== stertorous stertorously ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Roterts, Rotters, retorts, rotters == French == === Noun === stertor m (plural stertors) stertor === Further reading === “stertor”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈstɛr.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈstɛr.tor] === Noun === stertor m (genitive stertōris); third declension medieval spelling of strātor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== References ==== "stertor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) === Verb === stertor first-person singular present passive indicative of stertō