CROHN'S DISEASE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

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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

Synonyms:

Crohn's disease; regional enteritis; regional ileitis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Crohn's disease" is a kind of...):

colitis; inflammatory bowel disease (inflammation of the colon)

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Context examples:

C. concisus is normally found in the human oral cavity and is a commensal part of the normal flora of the human gastrointestinal tract, but is associated with gingival inflammation, periodontal lesions, Crohn's disease in immunodeficient patients, and is considered responsible for infective gastroenteritis and septicemia seen uniquely in children.

(Campylobacter concisus, NCI Thesaurus)

Crohn's disease causes inflammation of the digestive system.

(Crohn's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Their method could speed the development of medical treatments for microbiota-linked ailments such as Crohn's disease.

(Microbes are at work in our bodies, and researchers have figured out what they're up to, National Science Foundation)