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Definition of Croupous
1. a. Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis.
Definition of Croupous
1. Adjective. (medicine) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup. ¹
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Definition of Croupous
1. pertaining to croup [adj] - See also: croup
Medical Definition of Croupous
1. Relating to croup; marked by a fibrinous exudation. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Croupous
Literary usage of Croupous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"croupous inflammation is characterized by the deposition of an ... Diphtheritic
inflammation may be regarded as a croupous inflammation carried to a higher ..."
2. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"The prognosis is more unfavorable in adults than in children. If casts characteristic
of chronic croupous nephritis are mixed with casts such as we find in ..."
3. A Text-book of Practical Medicine: With Particular Reference to Physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1869)
"ACUTE HEIGHT'S DISEASE—croupous NEPHRITIS. ETIOLOGY.—The name Bright's disease
is generally applied to two forms of inflammation of the kidney. ..."
4. An Introduction to pathology and morbid anatomy by Thomas Henry Green (1871)
"IN the lungs, inflammatory processes comprise the three following varieties:
croupous, catarrhal, and. interstitial pneumonia. Of these, the former occurs ..."
5. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"croupous Nephritis. All the features of catarrhal nephritis are present, with
the addition of casts. The nature of the casts allows us to decide whether ..."
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