Croupous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Croupous \Croup"ous\ (kr??p"?s), a. (Med.)
     Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with
     the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in
     membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis.
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     {Croupous pneumonia}, pneumonia attended with deposition of
        fibrinous matter in the air vesicles of the lungs;
        ordinary acute pneumonia.
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