croupy

Inspiratory stridor, with or without intercostal recession, pallor, with or without cyanosis with cough and "croupy" voice.

Chapter 7 1993

It seemed as though dozens of men were snoring at the same time, and that some of them were dangerously "croupy," for they choked and gulped, and every now and then one would have nightmare and groan and yell until some one would tell him to "shut up," or perhaps say something funny about him to the others.

Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe

There is a brazen, barking, "croupy" cough in spasmodic croup.

The Mother and Her Child William S. Sadler

A "croupy" child should be carefully shielded from all physical excitation, sudden waking from sleep, and any punishment that tends to awaken intense fear or terror.

Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele

Cases of fatal croup still occasionally occur which cannot be directly traced to other cases of diphtheria, but the vast majority of them are clearly traceable to infection, usually from some case in another child, which was so mild that it was not recognized as diphtheria until the baby became "croupy" and search was made through the family throats for the bacilli.

Preventable Diseases Woods Hutchinson 1896

This past week, however, the three-year-old came downstairs one morning, sat on the step to play, and started to cough a new, nasty, croupy cough.

Dr. G : Why You Should Practice Emergency Preparedness With Your Kids Dr. G 2012

Another round of croupy business, followed a week later by a nasty, congested, coughing cold, and now, that cold has morphed.

Archive 2008-01-01 kittenpie 2008

By midnight, when I slipped in to push a little more Tyelnol into her sleeping mouth, she was not so hot, and her room was the perfect oasis for a croupy child - cool, but nor cold, and as moist as a rainforest.

Archive 2008-01-01 kittenpie 2008

Another round of croupy business, followed a week later by a nasty, congested, coughing cold, and now, that cold has morphed.

And the Beat Goes On kittenpie 2008

One mother of a croupy child remembered that she made a night-time house call on a cold January evening (Dr. Reyersbach was a terrible driver) simply because "I know it's very scary."

We Remember - Gertrud C. Reyersbach, 1907 - 1999 2010