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What does stridor mean?

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Noun
  1. A harsh, shrill, unpleasant noise.
  2. (medicine) A high-pitched sound heard on inspiration resulting from turbulent air flow in the upper airway usually indicative of serious airway obstruction.
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Cough, hoarseness, stridor, and wheezing may occur because of disintegration of the airway cartilages.
On physical examination, the patient had no stridor, respiratory distress, or cervical lymphadenopathy.
In these cases there is marked stridor both on inspiration and expiration, but no aphonia.
They have noisy respirations, and expiratory stridor is usually present from birth.
Rare cases of hypersensitivity reactions, such as laryngeal edema, stridor, laryngospasm and cardiopulmonary arrest have also been reported.
The patient initially presented at age 13 months to the paediatric department at another hospital with fever, drooling, toxicity and stridor.

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