Is Croup a Real Word?

noun Pathology. any condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.

Is Croupy a word?

adjective, croup·i·er, croup·i·est. pertaining to or resembling croup. affected with croup.

Why do they call it croup?

Historically, croup referred to a spasmodic type of cough, with the sudden onset of a barking cough in the middle of the night in a child about two years of age who had been well at bedtime the previous evening. In French, this condition was called 'faux-croup' because the word 'croup' referred to diphtheria.