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Definition of Croupy
1. Adjective. Resembling or arising from or indicating croup.
Definition of Croupy
1. a. Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough.
Definition of Croupy
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, suggestive of, or caused by croup. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Croupy
1. affected with croup [adj CROUPIER, CROUPIEST] : CROUPILY [adv]
Medical Definition of Croupy
1. Having the characteristics of croup, as a croupy cough. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Croupy
Literary usage of Croupy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Times and Gazette (1885)
"Three years ago bad whooping-cough, since which, whenever she gets a cough, it
ia of a croupy character. State on Admission.—Child fairly well nourished. ..."
2. Pathological Anatomy of the Female Sexual Organs by Julius Martin Klob (1868)
"croupy inflammation rarely affects the uterine mucous membrane. ... croupy endometritis
occurs as a secondary affection in the course of typhus fever, ..."
3. Therapeutics of the Respiratory System, Cough and Coryza, Acute and Chronic by Marvin W. Van Denburg (1915)
"croupy COUGH: croupy; Acrid; Dry Cough: croupy, barking, rough, ... croupy, dry
cough, with much anxiety and high fever, Aconite, Hepar, Sambucus, Spongia. ..."
4. A Primer of Materia Medica for Practitioners of Homoeopathy by Timothy Field Allen (1891)
"Nose: Fluent coryza, alternating with stoppage, dryness, hoarseness and dry,
croupy cough. Month: Painful blisters on the inside of the cheek and on the ..."
5. Tracheotomy in Laryngeal Diphtheria: After-treatment and Complications by Robert William Parker (1885)
"croupy' cough—Urgent dyspnoea—Tracheotomy—Inability to remove t he c annul a—Sudden
death three months later-—Autopsy—Web-like adhesion between the cords. ..."
6. Summary of the Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by College of Physicians of Philadelphia (1849)
"The nocturnal cough has frequently a catarrhal character, and is generally
accompanied with a mucous rattle; sometimes, the cough is dry, croupy, ..."
7. On Intermittent Fever and Other Malarious Diseases by Israel Shipman Pelton Lord (1871)
"Spongia might do well for the croupy cough, and China might cure the malarious
disorder. The remedies are Puls. and Ars. CASE 157.—Dec. 16, 3 PM Milo B., ..."
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