What does "crouplike" mean?

Resembling croup or some aspect of it; as with a crouplike cough (sounding like the typical cough of croup) or a crouplike illness (having a clinical picture and a clinical course similar to those of croup).

Crouplike

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Adjective

1
Resembling croup or some aspect of it; as with a crouplike cough (sounding like the typical cough of croup) or a crouplike illness (having a clinical picture and a clinical course similar to those of croup).

Etymology

From croup + -like.

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