Croup vs Bronchiolitis - What's the difference?
croup | bronchiolitis |
The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
* Sir Walter Scott
* 1835 , Charles Frederick Partington, The British cyclopædia of natural history
(pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.
(medicine) Inflammation of the bronchioles; especially common in young children.
As nouns the difference between croup and bronchiolitis
is that croup is the top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped while bronchiolitis is inflammation of the bronchioles; especially common in young children.As a verb croup
is to croak, make a hoarse noise.croup
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) croupe, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)- So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, / So light to the saddle before her he sprung.
- 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 .