Tom and Mary's baby had a severe bout of croup, and had to be put in a humidicrib in hospital.
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Croup
/kɹuːp/
Synonyms for "croup" (85 found)
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Noun(1 words)
acute bronchitisadenoiditisaluminosisamygdalitisanthracosilicosisanthracosisasbestosisasiatic fluasthmaatypical pneumoniabacksidebehindbituminosisblack lungbronchial pneumoniabronchiectasis
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bronchiolitisbronchitisbronchopneumoniabuttbuttockscatarrhchalicosischronic bronchitiscoldcollapsed lungcommon coldconiosiscoryzacroupous pneumoniacrupperdouble pneumoniadry pleurisyemphysemaempyemaepidemic pleurodynia
Related words (42)
hay feverhind endhiphong kong fluinfluenzala grippelaryngitislipoid pneumonialobar pneumonialung cancerlung fevernatespharyngitispleurisypleuritispneumococcal pneumoniapneumoconiosispneumoniapneumonic feverpneumothorax
Noun(4 words)
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5 entriesbovine croupequine croupgluteal regionspasmodic croupviral croup
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5 total sentences available.
The ordinary croup of infants is spasmodic croup, and is very rarely dangerous, although the symptoms seem very alarming.
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Tom has croup.
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So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, / So light to the saddle before her he sprung.
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