crohn's disease

1. 1.

   a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss

   Synonymsregional enteritisregional ileitis

   Broadercolitis

Questions about crohn's disease

What does crohn's disease mean?

crohn's disease means "a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss".

What is another word for crohn's disease?

Close synonyms include regional enteritis, regional ileitis. 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.