/ kruːp; NAmE / noun
[ U ] a disease of children that makes them cough a lot and have difficulty breathing
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 18th cent.: from dialect croup to croak , of imitative origin.
/ kruːp; NAmE / noun
[ U ] a disease of children that makes them cough a lot and have difficulty breathing
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 18th cent.: from dialect croup to croak , of imitative origin.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005