Noisy breathing sounds in someone unconscious.
A snoring type of noisy breathing heard in deeply unconscious patients.
A form of noisy breathing, similar to snoring, and usually due to flapping of the soft palate. It results from paralysis of the soft palate: this may be due to a stroke, suffocation, concussion, drunkenness, or poisoning by opium or chloroform. In severe cases of paralysis, the tongue may loll back against the back of the throat, resulting in a very loud sound. In such cases breathing may be rapidly relieved by pulling the lower jaw forwards, pulling the tongue out of the mouth, or turning the person onto one side.
Snoring or laborious breathing owing to obstruction of air passages in the head, seen in certain diseases such as apoplexy.