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Crohn's disease definition

Crohn's disease (krōnz)

chronic inflammation of the digestive tract, esp. of the lower small intestine and colon, which may develop thick scars

Etymology: after B. B. Crohn (1884-1983), U.S. physician, coauthor of an article about the disease (1932)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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