CROUPOUS

Etymology

Adjective

croupous (not comparable)

(medicine) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup.

Source: Wiktionary


Croup"ous (krp"s), a. (Med.)

Definition: Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrance like that found in membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis. Croupous pneumonia, pneumonia attended with deposition of fibrinous matter in the air vesicles of the lungs; ordinary acute pneumonia.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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