Meanings
- uncountablemedicineCrohn’s regional enteritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that can involve any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus.
Patients with Crohn's disease can develop zinc deficiency and subsequent acrodermatitis enteropathica (Chapter 6).
2001, Bruce R. Smoller, Thomas D. Horn, Dermatopathology in Systemic Disease, Oxford University Press, page 652 more examples
Inexplicably the prevalence of Crohn's disease seems to be increasing in some parts of the world and declining in others.
1989, R. A. Cawson et al., Pathology: The mechanisms of disease, Mosby, page 333Other systemic disorders associated with Crohn's disease include gallstones, kidney stones, osteoporosis, liver disorders, vascular problems, and psychiatric disorders.
1993, Dorothy Beckley Doughty, Debra Broadwell Jackson, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Part 732, Mosby, page 108Synonyms: CD
Synonyms & antonyms
nounCrohn’s regional enteritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that can involve any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Named after American gastroenterologist Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884–1983), who described patients with the condition in 1932.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian бо́лест на Крон
- бо́лест на Крон (bólest na Kron)chronic inflammatory disease
Catalan malaltia de Crohn
- malaltia de Crohnchronic inflammatory disease
Chinese Mandarin 克隆氏症, 克羅恩病 /克罗恩病
- 克隆氏症 (kèlóngshìzhèng)chronic inflammatory disease
- 克羅恩病 /克罗恩病 (kèluó'ēnbìng)chronic inflammatory disease
Czech Crohnova choroba
- Crohnova chorobachronic inflammatory disease
Dutch ziekte van Crohn
- ziekte van Crohnchronic inflammatory disease
Finnish Crohnin tauti
- Crohnin tautichronic inflammatory disease
French maladie de Crohn
- maladie de Crohnchronic inflammatory disease
German Morbus Crohn
- Morbus Crohnchronic inflammatory disease
Irish galar Crohn
- galar Crohnchronic inflammatory disease
Italian malattia di Crohn, morbo di Crohn
- malattia di Crohnchronic inflammatory disease
- morbo di Crohnchronic inflammatory disease
Japanese クローン病
- クローン病 (Kurōn-byō)chronic inflammatory disease
Korean 크론병
- 크론병 (keuronbyeong)chronic inflammatory disease
Polish choroba Crohna
- choroba Crohnachronic inflammatory disease
Romanian boala Crohn
- boala Crohnchronic inflammatory disease
Russian боле́знь Кро́на
- боле́знь Кро́на (boléznʹ Króna)chronic inflammatory disease
Spanish enfermedad de Crohn
- enfermedad de Crohnchronic inflammatory disease
Turkish Crohn hastalığı
- Crohn hastalığıchronic inflammatory disease
Cite this entry
Crohn's disease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Crohn's%20disease
“Crohn's disease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Crohn's%20disease. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Crohn's disease,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Crohn's%20disease.
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