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UKCroup
/kɹˈuːp/
/ˈkɹup/Croup
[NOUN]1
the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
2
a common respiratory infection in children that causes swelling around the vocal cords
synonyms : spasmodic laryngitis
Examples
1. Epinephrine is the treatment of choice for cardiac arrest, anaphylaxis, and severe croup.
2. Baby croup for example, so the parents well what symptoms would they be looking at it may look like a simple flu may look like the severe winter cold with maybe as low grade fever with sniffles with a bit of a cough a scratchy throw so you may not know it's probably a reasonable assumption if your child does get sick mildly sick too soon.
3. We see centaur and understand: it's horse's croup plus human.
4. And that's something, again as a doctor, if I hear that sound in the emergency department waiting room, I think, well, there's a kid with croup, and it's caused by a few different viruses.
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