Usually means: Harsh, high-pitched breathing sound.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word stridor:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. stridor: Merriam-Webster
  2. stridor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stridor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. stridor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stridor: Vocabulary.com
  6. stridor: Wordnik
  7. stridor: Wiktionary
  8. stridor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. stridor: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. stridor: Dictionary.com
  11. Stridor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Stridor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. stridor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. stridor: Rhymezone
  15. Stridor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. stridor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. stridor: FreeDictionary.org
  18. stridor: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. stridor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. stridor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stridor: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. stridor: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Stridor: Merck Manuals
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  7. Stridor: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  8. stridor: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  9. stridor: Medical dictionary
  10. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stridor: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stridor)

noun:  A harsh, shrill, unpleasant noise.
noun:  (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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