What does "crohn's disease" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "crohn's disease"?

Common synonyms include: crohn, regional enteritis, regional ileitis.

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Noun

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Crohn’s regional enteritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that can involve any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus. uncountable
"Inexplicably the prevalence of Crohn's disease seems to be increasing in some parts of the world and declining in others."
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a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss wordnet

"Inexplicably the prevalence of Crohn's disease seems to be increasing in some parts of the world and declining in others."

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