croup

/krup/

/krup/

Other forms: croups

Definitions of croup

1. noun

   a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing
   synonyms: spasmodic laryngitis

   type of:

   angina

   any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain
2. noun

   the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
   synonyms: croupe, hindquarters, rump

   types:

   haunch

   the loin and leg of a quadruped

   type of:

   body part

   any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity