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Croup

Medical Definition: A condition characterized by resonant barking cough, hoarseness and persistant stridor and caused by allergy, foreign body, infection, or neoplasm. It occurs chiefly in infants and children.
Guide Notes: a form of laryngitis in inf & child

Croup Medical Definitions and Terms

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