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stertorous

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

marked by heavy, labored breathing that resembles snoring

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In a sentence

Stertorous in a sentence

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The patient's stertorous breathing echoed through the quiet ward.

Synonyms
snoringwheezinggasping
Antonyms

None listed.

Common questions

Questions about “stertorous

Stertorous (adjective) means marked by heavy, labored breathing that resembles snoring
Here is stertorous used in an example sentence: "The patient's stertorous breathing echoed through the quiet ward."
Common synonyms for stertorous include snoring, wheezing, gasping.
Stertorous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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