croup

(kroop). A disease characterized by laborious and suffocative breathing, laryngeal spasm, and sometimes with a local membranous deposit. catarrhal c., a croupous affection with paroxysms of dyspnea and a ringing, metallic cough. diphtheric c., diphtheria of the larynx. false c. ic c. Same as laryngismus stridulus. rinous c., true croup. membranous c., laryngitis with formation of a pseudomembrane. Called also pseudo membranous c. and true c. uterine c., croupous inflammation of the lining of the uterus.