a. Path. [f. CROUP sb.2 + -AL. Also in mod.F.] Relating to, or of the nature of croup; = CROUPOUS.
1852–9. Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 1258/1. Croupal exudations are sometimes found in the urethra.
1866. A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 305. The cough presents … the shrill, ringing, croupal character.
