(n.) The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.
Example Sentences:
(1) Aside from snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness was on average often the first symptom and began at a mean age of 36 years.
(2) The footballer said the noise of the engine was too loud to hear if Cameron snored but his night "wasn't the best".
(3) Epidemiological criteria for a causal association between snoring and vascular disease have not been satisfied.
(4) Patients who had nasal polypectomy as part of their nasal surgery obtained the greatest snoring relief.
(5) Diclofenac sodium suppositories 150-200 mg day-1 were compared with placebo in a double-blind study during the first 3 days after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty in 40 patients with habitual snoring or obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.
(6) Alcohol consumption, estimated by questionnaire and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase was unrelated to a history of snoring.
(7) We compared self- and spouse reports of snoring and other symptoms of sleep apnea syndrome ascertained from married couples in a community-based survey.
(8) Snoring history was obtained from 326 patients and 345 controls.
(9) Snoring occurs in at least 20% of the population; 50% of the 50 year old male snore.
(10) When you breathe, air makes them vibrate against each other, which is what makes the characteristic snoring noise," she says.
(11) Emily Marbach In desperation one night I asked my husband, who snores like a train, to sleep in our repeatedly waking baby's room ...
(12) The demented patients were reported to snore twice as frequently as the control subjects (P less than 0.05).
(13) Snoring usually is trivial and unimportant, but it can turn into a social or medical problem.
(14) To select heavy-snoring subjects for a treatment protocol, volunteers were screened for one night, breathing air the first half and oxygen the second half of the night.
(15) Generally, associations between snoring and sleep apnea were independent of age and sex.
(16) This hypothesis is mainly based on epidemiological studies showing a statistically significant association between snoring and arterial hypertension; this association remains true even after data correction to take into account the increased frequency of snoring with age and overweight.
(17) The effects of prolonged snoring on alveolar ventilation and systemic pressure(s) suggest that this snoring has physiopathological implications on maternal cardio-respiratory reserve and indirectly upon the fetus, especially as there are recordable changes in fetal heart rate and also a change in the acid-base status of the fetus.
(18) 4) Pharyngeal size during snoring is probably larger in HS than in OSA patients.
(19) My study indicates that snoring may be a risk factor for ischemic stroke, possibly because of the higher prevalence of an obstructive sleep apnea syndrome among snorers than nonsnorers.
(20) The third and fourth groups were formed by 100 snoring and 100 non-snoring patients without risk factors.
Stertorous
Definition:
(a.) Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompaines inspiration in some diseases, especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing; snoring.
Example Sentences:
(1) The horses had stertorous breathing (n = 4) or intermittently sanguineous nasal discharge (n = 7).
(2) It had something to do with his stertorous, slightly nasal-breathy way of speaking: a vocal tic to compare with De Niro or Brando.
(3) Detailed review of medical records in a subset of 49 dogs with neoplasms of the nasal passage and paranasal sinuses revealed major clinical signs of nasal and ocular discharge, facial deformity, and stertorous breathing.