Definition of Stridulous

1. a. Making a shrill, creaking sound.

Definition of Stridulous

1. Adjective. (pathology) That which is relating to stridor. ¹

2. Adjective. Emitting a particularly harsh or shrill sound. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stridulous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stridulous

striders
strides
strideth
striding
stridor
stridors
stridulate
stridulated
stridulates
stridulating
stridulation
stridulations
stridulator
stridulators
stridulatory
stridulous (current term)
stridulously
strife
strife-ridden
strifeful
strifeless
strifes
strift
strifts
strig
striga
strigae
strigate
strigged
strigging

Literary usage of Stridulous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical treatise on disease in children by Eustace Smith (1884)
"stridulous laryngitis (false croup, catarrhal croup, ... stridulous laryngitis is especially a disease of childhood after the period of infancy has passed, ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Disease in Children by Eustace Smith (1889)
"stridulous laryngitis consists of a catarrh of the larynx with superadded ... It will be noticed, however, that the stridulous character is confined to the ..."

3. Practical treatise on the diseases of children and infants at the breast by Eugène Bouchut (1855)
"The name of false croup, or stridulous laryngitis, is given to a nervous ... This division of membranous laryngitis and stridulous laryngitis has been for a ..."

4. A Practical treatise on disease in children by Eustace Smith (1886)
"stridulous laryngitis (false croup, catarrhal croup, ... stridulous laryngitis is especially a disease of childhood after the period of infancy has passed, ..."

5. The Journal of Laryngology and Rhinology (1887)
"TUBERCULOSIS and whooping-cough appear to be the ordinary precursors of general emphysema ; and stridulous laryngitis has not hitherto been quoted as a ..."

6. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1915)
"stridulous Breathing. A high-pitched, crowing or barking sound is heard during inspiration when there is obstruction of the entrance of air at or near the ..."

7. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1919)
"stridulous Breathing. A high-pitched, crowing or barking sound is heard during inspiration when there is obstruction of the entrance of air at or near the ..."

8. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1909)
"(c) stridulous Breathing. A high-pitched, crowing or barking sound is heard during inspiration when there is obstruction of the entrance of air at or near ..."

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