a throat condition, occurring usually in children, characterized by a hoarse cough and laboured breathing, resulting from inflammation and partial obstruction of the larynx
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croup1 /krup/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Pathologya disease of the throat and windpipe, characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing: [uncountable]The little girl had croup most of the week.[countable* singular]suffering from a bad croup.
croup1
(kro̅o̅p),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
croup2 (kro̅o̅p),USA pronunciation n.
- Pathologyany condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- noun, nominal use of croup to cry hoarsely (now dialect, dialectal), blend of, blended croak and whoop 1755–65
croup2 (kro̅o̅p),USA pronunciation n.
- Zoologythe highest part of the rump of a quadruped, esp. a horse. See diag. under horse.
- Gmc; see crop
- Middle French, Anglo-French crupe, Old French crope
- Middle English croupe 1250–1300
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the hindquarters of a quadruped, esp a horse
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