CROUP, HYSTERIC
\kɹˈuːp], \kɹˈuːp], \k_ɹ_ˈuː_p]\
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A spasmodic affection of the laryngeal muscles by no means unfrequent in hysterical females, - the paroxysm consisting in a long protracted, loud and convulsive cough, followed at times by crowing respiration, and by dyspnoea so great as to threaten suffocation. The treatment is that advised for hysteria.
By Robley Dunglison
