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Stridulous laryngitis

Stridulous \Strid"u*lous\, a. [L. stridulus. See Strident.] Making a shrill, creaking sound.
--Sir T. Browne.

The Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart.
--Longfellow.

Stridulous laryngitis (Med.), a form of croup, or laryngitis, in children, associated with dyspn[oe]a, occurring usually at night, and marked by crowing or stridulous breathing.