Croup
1croup — croup …
2Croup — also refers to the rump of a quadruped and the crop of a bird. For the work of a casino employee, see croupier. Croup Classification and external resources The steeple sign as seen on an AP neck X ray of a c …
3croup — [ krup ] n. m. • 1773; mot angl. dial., probablt d orig. onomat. ♦ Vieilli Laryngite pseudomembraneuse, de nature diphtérique. Cet enfant est mort du croup. Faux croup : spasme du larynx, bénin. ⊗ HOM. Croupe. ● croup nom masculin (anglais croup …
4Croup — (kr[=oo]p), n. [Scot. croup, cf. croup, crowp, to croak, to cry or speak with a hoarse voice; cf. also LG. kropp, G. kropf, the crop or craw of a bird, and tumor on the anterior part of the neck, a wen, etc. Cf. {Crop}.] (Med.) An inflammatory… …
5croup|y — «KROO pee», adjective, croup|i|er, croup|i|est. 1. sick with croup. 2. hoarse and having difficulty in breathing: »the wheeze of a croupy baby …
6Croup — (kr[=oo]p), n. [F. croupe hind quarters, croup, rump, of German or Icel. origin; cf. Icel. kryppa hump; akin to Icel. kroppr. Cf. {Crop}.] The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the… …
7croup — Ⅰ. croup [1] ► NOUN ▪ inflammation of the larynx and trachea in children, causing breathing difficulties. ORIGIN from dialect croup «to croak». Ⅱ. croup [2] ► NOUN ▪ the rump or hindquarters of a horse …
8croup — [kru:p] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: croup to croak, cough (16 19 centuries), from the sound] an illness in children which makes them cough and have difficulty breathing …
9croup — coughing illness, 1765, from obsolete verb croup to cry hoarsely, croak (1510s), 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… …
10croup — croup; croup·ous; …
