- hen-cluck stertor
- a respiration sound like a hen's cluck in cases of postpharyngeal abscess.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hen-cluck stertor
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stertor — A noisy inspiration occurring in coma or deep sleep, sometimes due to obstruction of the larynx or upper airways. [L. sterto, to snore] hen cluck s. a breath sound like the clucking of a hen, sometimes heard in cases of retropharyngeal abscess … Medical dictionary
