CROHN'S DISEASE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Crohn's disease mean? • CROHN'S DISEASE (noun)
The noun CROHN'S DISEASE has 1 sense:
1. a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss
Familiarity information: CROHN'S DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CROHN'S DISEASE (noun)
Meaning:
A serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Crohn's disease; regional enteritis; regional ileitis
Hypernyms ("Crohn's disease" is a kind of...):
colitis; inflammatory bowel disease (inflammation of the colon)
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