croup

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

croup BrE [kruːp] NAmE [kruːp] noun uncountable
a disease of children that makes them cough a lot and have difficulty breathing

Word Origin:
[croup] mid 18th cent.: from dialect croup ‘to croak’, of imitative origin.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hindquarters, croupe, rump, spasmodic laryngitis