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Audio Help [kroop] Pronunciation Key –noun Pathology.
| any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing. |
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Croup
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Audio Help [kroop] Pronunciation Key –noun
| the highest part of the rump of a quadruped, esp. a horse. |
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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 (krōō'pəs), croup'y adj. |
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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
"couching illness," 1765, from obsolete verb croup "to cry hoarsely, croak," probably echoic. This was the local name of the disease in southeastern Scotland, given wide currency by Prof. Francis Home of Edinburgh in his 1765 article on it.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| croup | |
noun | |
| 1. | a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing |
| 2. | the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks [syn: hindquarters] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
croup
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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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Croup
Crop\ (kr?p), n. [OE. crop, croppe, craw, top of a plant, harvest, AS. crop, cropp, craw, top, bunch, ear of corn; akin to D. krop craw, G. kropf, Icel. kroppr hump or bunch on the body, body; but cf. also W. cropa, croppa, crop or craw of a bird, Ir. & Gael. sgroban. Cf. Croup, Crupper, Croup.]1. The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw. 2. The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree. [Obs.] "Crop and root." --Chaucer. 3. That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit; harvest. Lab'ring the soil, and reaping plenteous crop, Corn, wine, and oil. --Milton. 4. Grain or other product of the field while standing. 5. Anything cut off or gathered. Guiltless of steel, and from the razor free, It falls a plenteous crop reserved for thee. --Dryden. 6. Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop. 7. (Arch.) A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial. [Obs.] 8. (Mining.) (a) Tin ore prepared for smelting. (b) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface. --Knight. 9. A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash. Neck and crop, altogether; roughly and at once. [Colloq.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Croup
Crop\ (kr?p), n. [OE. crop, croppe, craw, top of a plant, harvest, AS. crop, cropp, craw, top, bunch, ear of corn; akin to D. krop craw, G. kropf, Icel. kroppr hump or bunch on the body, body; but cf. also W. cropa, croppa, crop or craw of a bird, Ir. & Gael. sgroban. Cf. Croup, Crupper, Croup.]1. The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw. 2. The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree. [Obs.] "Crop and root." --Chaucer. 3. That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit; harvest. Lab'ring the soil, and reaping plenteous crop, Corn, wine, and oil. --Milton. 4. Grain or other product of the field while standing. 5. Anything cut off or gathered. Guiltless of steel, and from the razor free, It falls a plenteous crop reserved for thee. --Dryden. 6. Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop. 7. (Arch.) A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial. [Obs.] 8. (Mining.) (a) Tin ore prepared for smelting. (b) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface. --Knight. 9. A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash. Neck and crop, altogether; roughly and at once. [Colloq.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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