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Crohn's disease

Crohn's disease noun: crohn’s regional enteritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that can involve any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus.

Noun

Crohn's disease (uncountable)

  1. Crohn’s regional enteritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that can involve any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus.
    • Inexplicably the prevalence of Crohn's disease seems to be increasing in some parts of the world and declining in others.1989, R. A. Cawson et al., Pathology: The mechanisms of disease, Mosby, page 333
    • Other systemic disorders associated with Crohn's disease include gallstones, kidney stones, osteoporosis, liver disorders, vascular problems, and psychiatric disorders.1993, Dorothy Beckley Doughty, Debra Broadwell Jackson, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Part 732, Mosby, page 108
    Synonyms:
    CD

Synonyms of Crohn's disease

Origin of Crohn's disease

Named after American gastroenterologist Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884–1983), who described patients with the condition in 1932.

Questions about Crohn's disease

What does Crohn's disease mean?
Crohn's disease means crohn’s regional enteritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that can involve any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus.
What part of speech is Crohn's disease?
Crohn's disease is a noun.

Words near Crohn's disease in the dictionary

  1. croggy
  2. Croghan
  3. Croghans
  4. Crohn
  5. Crohn's
  6. Crohn's disease
  7. Crohnie
  8. Crohnies
  9. croiffin
  10. croiffle
  11. croiffles

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