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Croup. Any Obstructive Condition Of The Larynx (Voice Box) Or Trachea (Windpipe), Characterized By A Hoarse, Barking Cough And Difficult Breathing Occurring Chiefly In Infants And Children. In The Early-Nineteenth Century It Was Called Cynanche Trachealis: roup, hives, choak, stuffing, rising of the lights.

Pastiche: Work patched together from excerpts of other writers, or from passages clearly recognizable as imitating others.

Pastis: Aniseed-flavoured liqueur from France

Pastels: A method of painting or drawing with sticks of dry colour which have the minimum of binder; a reason why pastel pictures keep their bright fresh look almost indefinitely. The main danger for . . . View Full Definition

Past Crop: A taste taint that gives coffee beans a slightly less acidy taste. Result of enzyme changes in the coffee beans during the aging process.

Past Parallel: Beyond the point where the club's shaft is horizontal, or parallel with the ground, at the top of the backswing

Pastoral: Following theocritus (3rd cent. B.c.), verse about those shepherds and their beloveds who lived the simple vice-free life in arcadia, a mountainous region in the peloponnese of greece. Also . . . View Full Definition

Pastorale: Pastoral, country-like.

Patch: A transdermal medication that is applied to the skin via an adhesive patch to prevent or reduce the onset of seasickness.

Patch Chart: Squared pattern test strip often made when color printing by the additive method.