1
: a harsh, shrill, or creaking noise
2
: a harsh vibrating sound heard during respiration in cases of obstruction of the air passages
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Children are more likely to have respiratory symptoms such as stridor, wheezing, cough, and shortness of breath.
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Sarah Hudgens, Health, 22 Sep. 2024
This is an important observation, because the causes of stridor are different from other types of wheezing.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
If Ian’s diagnosis of stridor and the surgery had been delayed, the mass could have led to the complete obstruction of the airway and sudden suffocation, or a leakage of esophageal contents, laden with bacteria from the mouth.
—W Roy Smythe, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2011
There was a marked stridor and retraction of the intercostal spaces.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2014
Other hallmarks of the condition are a harsh, grating sound when a patient breathes in—inspiratory stridor—and respiratory distress.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 16 May 2022
Other croup symptoms include a hoarse voice, throat pain and stridor—a creaking rattle when a child inhales.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2022
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Sarah Hudgens, Health, 22 Sep. 2024
This is an important observation, because the causes of stridor are different from other types of wheezing.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
If Ian’s diagnosis of stridor and the surgery had been delayed, the mass could have led to the complete obstruction of the airway and sudden suffocation, or a leakage of esophageal contents, laden with bacteria from the mouth.
—W Roy Smythe, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2011
There was a marked stridor and retraction of the intercostal spaces.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2014
Other hallmarks of the condition are a harsh, grating sound when a patient breathes in—inspiratory stridor—and respiratory distress.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 16 May 2022
Other croup symptoms include a hoarse voice, throat pain and stridor—a creaking rattle when a child inhales.
—Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2022
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stridor
noun
stri·dor
ˈstrīd-ər 
ˈstrī-ˌdȯ(ə)r
ˈstrī-ˌdȯ(ə)r
: a harsh vibrating sound heard during respiration in cases of obstruction of the air passages
laryngeal stridor
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