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.

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