crohn

1. 1.

   United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983)

   SynonymsBurrill Bernard Crohn

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Other forms of crohn

plural

crohns·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crohn

What does crohn mean?

crohn means "United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983)".

How many syllables are in crohn?

crohn has 1 syllable: crohn.

What is another word for crohn?

Close synonyms include Burrill Bernard Crohn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crohn a common word?

crohn is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.