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croup 1
(kro͞op)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 (kro͞o′pəs), croup′y adj.
croup 2
(kro͞op)n.
The rump of a beast of burden, especially a horse.
[Middle English croupe, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]
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croup
(kruːp)n
(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]
ˈcroupy, ˈcroupous adj
ˈcroupily adv
ˈcroupiness n
croup
(kruːp) orcroupe
n
(Zoology) the hindquarters of a quadruped, esp a horse
[C13: from Old French croupe; related to German Kruppe]
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croup1
(krup)n.
any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
croup′y, adj.
croup2
(krup)n.
the highest part of the rump of a quadruped, esp. a horse.
[1250–1300; Middle English croupe < Middle French, Anglo-French crupe, Old French crope < Germanic; see crop]
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croup
Past participle: crouped
Gerund: crouping
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| 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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croup
n. crup,
pop. garrotillo, síndrome respiratorio visto en los niños, causado gen. por una infección o una reacción alérgica;
spasmodic ___ → ___ espasmódico.
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croup
n crup m; ronquera y dificultad para respirar producidas por irritación de la laringe o de la tráquea, generalmente debida a un virusEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.