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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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They have noisy respirations, and expiratory stridor is usually present from birth.
A 21-month-old, previously healthy girl presented initially with a generalized rash and nonproductive cough, which progressively became croupy with moderate stridor.
In these cases there is marked stridor both on inspiration and expiration, but no aphonia.
Symptoms of laryngeal spasm, irritation, or swelling, such as stridor and choking, have been reported rarely in patients receiving salmeterol.
On physical examination, the patient had no stridor, respiratory distress, or cervical lymphadenopathy.
On examination, she was noted to be sitting upright and breathing without tachypnea, retractions or stridor.

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