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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In pathology, a nervous affection resulting in spasm of the muscles closing the glottis; laryngismus stridulus.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup.

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