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Croup

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Noun

1. croup, spasmodic laryngitis

a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing

2. croup, croupe, hindquarters, rump

the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Croup

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noun
a throat condition, occurring usually in children, characterized by a hoarse cough and laboured breathing, resulting from inflammation and partial obstruction of the larynx
noun
the hindquarters of a quadruped, esp a horse

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Croup

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noun
a condition resulting from any obstruction of the larynx, esp. an inflammation of the respiratory passages, with labored breathing, hoarse coughing, and laryngeal spasm
noun
the top of the rump of a horse, dog, etc., just behind the loin

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Croup

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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.
n.
The rump of a beast of burden, especially a horse.

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