What's the difference between stertorous and stridulous?

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.

Stridulous


Definition:

  • (a.) Making a shrill, creaking sound.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The diagnostic evaluation of the stridulous child is discussed.
  • (2) Early visualization of the larynx should be done in patients who become stridulous when extubated, especially those with prior thoracic procedures or with neurologic disorders associated with intracranial hypertension.
  • (3) All these neurons are active during induced stridulation and discharge in the stridulation rhythm.
  • (4) In quiescent grasshoppers the G-neuron responds to auditory and vibratory stimuli, but responses to both stimuli are suppressed during stridulation in males.
  • (5) In males of the katydid Neoconocephalus robustus, mesothoracic wings are used in flight (wing stroke frequence = 20 Hz) and stridulation (200 Hz), while the metathoracic wings are used in flight alone.
  • (6) The typical exacerbation is characterized by symptoms of wheezing, dyspnea, and cough associated with the signs of tachycardia, tachypnea, hyperinflation of the thorax, and stridulous breathing.
  • (7) Two techniques for accurately correlating movements with vibrations produced by Pogonomyrmex Occidentalis show three characteristics of the stridulations: alternation of mean chirp intensity, higher frequencies during the upstroke, and interruption of chirps into distinct pulses.

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