Crohn's disease

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

Named after gastroenterologist Burrill Bernard Crohn, who described patients with the condition in 1932.

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