croup

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croup /kruːp/ noun [uncountable]  MIan illness in children which makes them cough and have difficulty breathing 格鲁布，哮吼〔见于儿童的一种疾病，患者咳嗽，呼吸困难〕

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croup• Having a parched nose and throat may lower resistance to colds, croup, sinusitis and respiratory problems.• Henry's brother George suffered from croup later in the year.• About four days later a similar child was admitted with identical symptoms of croup.• And the cramp and the croup and the bag under one eye.• The oldest two, Elizabeth and Nina, died as infants, one from the croup, the other from fever.• Dry with no rattling is Spongia and it may follow Aconite if the croup continues after midnight and into the next day.• My first practical experience in the use of homoeopathic remedies was in the treatment of a child with croup.Origin croup (1700-1800) croup “to croak, cough” ((16-19 centuries)), from the sound

croup nounChinese  

children have in cough illness Corpus an difficulty which them and makes

croup
croup /kruːp/ noun [uncountable]an illness in children which makes them cough and have difficulty breathing

croupBrE /kruːp/ 🔊NAmE /kruːp/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a disease of children that makes them cough a lot and have difficulty breathing 哮吼（儿童疾病，咳得厉害，呼吸困难）