croup 1 (kr p)n. A pathological condition of the larynx, especially in infants and children, that is characterized by respiratory difficulty and a hoarse, brassy cough. [From dialectal croup, to croak.] croup  ous (krp s), croupy adj. |
| croup 2 (krp) n. The rump of a beast of burden, especially a horse. [Middle English croupe, from Old French, of Germanic origin.] |
croup1
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a throat condition, occurring usually in children, characterized by a hoarse cough and laboured breathing, resulting from inflammation and partial obstruction of the larynx
[C16 croup to cry hoarsely, probably of imitative origin]
croupous , croupy adj
croup2, croupe [kruːp]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the hindquarters of a quadruped, esp a horse
[from Old French croupe; related to German Kruppe]
| 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. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | croup - a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing angina - any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain |
| 2. |  croup - the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocksbird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings quadruped - an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking haunch - the loin and leg of a quadruped body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
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