Crohn's disease

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Crohn's disease (uncountable)

1. (pathology) Crohn’s regional enteritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that can involve any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus.
   • 1989, R. A. Cawson, et al., Pathology: The mechanisms of disease, Mosby, page 333,

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

   • 1993, Dorothy Beckley Doughty, Debra Broadwell Jackson, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Part 732, Mosby, page 108,

     Other systemic disorders associated with Crohn's disease include gallstones, kidney stones, osteoporosis, liver disorders, vascular problems, and psychiatric disorders.

   • 2001, Bruce R. Smoller, Thomas D. Horn, Dermatopathology in Systemic Disease, Oxford University Press, page 65,

     Patients with Crohn's disease can develop zinc deficiency and subsequent acrodermatitis enteropathica (Chapter 6).

Translations

chronic inflammatory disease

• Bulgarian: бо́лест на Крон f (bólest na Kron)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克隆氏症 (kèlóngshìzhèng), 克羅恩病／克罗恩病 (kèluó'ēnbìng)

• Czech: Crohnova choroba f
• Finnish: Crohnin tauti
• French: maladie de Crohn (fr) f
• German: Morbus Crohn (de) m
• Italian: malattia di Crohn f, morbo di Crohn m
• Japanese: クローン病 (Kurōn-byō)
• Romanian: boala Crohn f
• Russian: боле́знь Кро́на f (boléznʹ Króna)
• Spanish: enfermedad de Crohn f
• Turkish: Crohn hastalığı

See also

• IBS, irritable bowel syndrome

Further reading

• Inflammatory bowel disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Irritable bowel syndrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia