STERTOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of snoring or producing a snoring sound

Synonyms:

snore; snoring; stertor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stertor" is a kind of...):

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

Derivation:

stertorous (of breathing having a heavy snoring sound)