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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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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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noun
the highest part of the rump of a quadruped, especially a horse.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English croupe < Middle French, Anglo-French crupe, Old French crope < Germanic; see crop
1250–1300; Middle English croupe < Middle French, Anglo-French crupe, Old French crope < Germanic; see crop
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Word Origin & History
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 Dr. Francis Home (1719-1813) of Edinburgh in his 1765 article on it.
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Medical Dictionary
croup (kr&oomacr;p)
n.
A pathological condition of the larynx, especially in infants and children, characterized by respiratory difficulty and a hoarse, brassy cough.
croup'ous (kr&oomacr;'pəs) or croup'y adj.
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croup  (kr p) Pronunciation Key
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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