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Coryza vs Croup - What's the difference?

coryza | croup |

In pathology|lang=en terms the difference between coryza and croup

is that coryza is (pathology) inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity, usually causing a running nose, nasal congestion and loss of smell while croup is (pathology) an infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

As nouns the difference between coryza and croup

is that coryza is (pathology) inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity, usually causing a running nose, nasal congestion and loss of smell while croup is the top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped or croup can be (pathology) an infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

As a verb croup is

(obsolete|outside|dialects) to croak, make a hoarse noise.

coryza

English

Noun

  • (pathology) Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity, usually causing a running nose, nasal congestion and loss of smell.
  • Derived terms

    * coryzal

    croup

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) croupe, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, / So light to the saddle before her he sprung.
  • * 1835 , Charles Frederick Partington, The British cyclopædia of natural history
  • The guib [a kind of antelope] is of the mean dimensions, or four feet and a half in total length, and two and a half high at the shoulders, but rather higher at the croup .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) croup, . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) To croak, make a hoarse noise.
  • Noun

    (-)
  • (pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.
  • Derived terms
    * croupous * croupy