Croup
[kroop] /krup/
noun, Pathology.
1.
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
[kroop] /krup/
noun
1.
the highest part of the rump of a quadruped, especially a horse.
/kruːp/
noun
1.
a throat condition, occurring usually in children, characterized by a hoarse cough and laboured breathing, resulting from inflammation and partial obstruction of the larynx
/kruːp/
noun
1.
the hindquarters of a quadruped, esp a horse
n.
“coughing illness,” 1765, from obsolete verb croup “to cry hoarsely, croak” (1510s), probably echoic. This was the local name of the disease in southeastern Scotland, given wide currency by Dr. Francis Home (1719-1813) of Edinburgh in his 1765 article on it. Related: Croupy.
croup (krōōp)
n.
croup’ous (krōō’pəs) or croup’y adj.
croup
(krp)
An acute infection that affects the upper and lower respiratory tracts, especially the larynx, trachea, and bronchi, and is caused most commonly by viruses of the genus Paramyxovirus. It is characterized by labored breathing and obstruction below the glottis, accompanied by a barking cough.
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