crohn : Idioms & Phrases

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burrill bernard crohn

  • noun United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983)
    Crohn.
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crohn's disease

  • noun a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss
    regional enteritis; regional ileitis.
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