单词 | child-crowing |
释义 | > as lemmaschild-crowing child-crowing n. Medicine (now rare) spasm of the muscles closing the larynx, which results in crowing inspiratory sounds, occurring in a child; cf. croup n.2 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [noun] > coughing > croup croup1765 child-crowinga1830 a1830 R. Gooch Pract. Compend. Midwifery (1831) 337 I know of no name for it more appropriate than that of child-crowing. 1861 T. J. Graham Pract. Med. 191 The child-crowing, though merely a spasmodic disease, is not..free from danger. 1911 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 Sept. 484/2 Cases of stridor and child-crowing. 2003 T. Navarra Encycl. Asthma & Respiratory Disorders 116/2 Laryngismus stridulus, also known as child crowing, a spasm that briefly causes closure of the glottis. < as lemmas |
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