croup

croup ¹  (krp)

n.

A pathological condition of the larynx, especially in infants and children, that is characterized by respiratory difficulty and a hoarse, brassy cough.

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[From dialectal croup, to croak.]

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croupous (krps), croupy adj.

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croup ¹ [kroop]

Noun

a throat disease of children, with a hoarse cough and laboured breathing [Middle English: to cry hoarsely, probably imitative]

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croup ² [kroop]

Noun

the hindquarters of a horse [Old French croupe]

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	croup - a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing spasmodic laryngitis 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 buttocks croupe, rump, hindquarters bird - 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

Translations

croup [kruːp] n (MED) → crup m

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croup [kruːp] n (Med) → croup m

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croup [kruːp] n (Med) → Krupp m

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croup [kruːp] n (MED) → crup m