Definition of "croupous" [croup•ous]

• Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup. (adjective)

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• "_The course of croupous pneumonia_ is typical, and unless it terminates fatally in the first stage, the periods of congestion, hepatization and resolution follow each other in regular manner."
• "Not only did he teach at the Army and Columbian University Medical Schools, serve on examining boards, attend medical meetings, consult with other doctors when his specialized knowledge was needed, but he worked in his laboratory on croupous pneumonia, erysipelas, abdominal typhus, malaria and other subjects, and published his observations in scientific journals."
• "The doctors talk of the croupous form of pneumonia, and of some other form -- I do not know the difference -- but I do know that this man had a great pain in his chest, and that his head ached, and that he had alternate arctic chills and flames of fever."