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Webster 1913 Edition

(kr??p′?s)

Adj.

(Med.)

Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane 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.

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.

croupous laryngitis

croupous pneumonia