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Webster 1913 Edition


Croupous

Croup′ous

(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.