Crohn's disease

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

Noun

 * 1)  Crohn’s regional enteritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that can involve any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus.
 * 2) * 1989, R. A. Cawson, et al., Pathology: The mechanisms of disease,, page 333,
 * Inexplicably the prevalence of Crohn's disease seems to be increasing in some parts of the world and declining in others.
 * 1) * 1993, Dorothy Beckley Doughty, Debra Broadwell Jackson, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Part 732,, page 108,
 * Other systemic disorders associated with Crohn's disease include gallstones, kidney stones, osteoporosis, liver disorders, vascular problems, and psychiatric disorders.
 * 1) * 2001, Bruce R. Smoller, Thomas D. Horn, Dermatopathology in Systemic Disease,, page 65,
 * Patients with Crohn's disease can develop zinc deficiency and subsequent acrodermatitis enteropathica (Chapter 6).

Translations

 * Bulgarian: бо́лест на Крон
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 克隆氏症, 克羅恩病
 * Czech: Crohnova choroba
 * Finnish: Crohnin tauti
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian: malattia di Crohn, morbo di Crohn
 * Japanese: クローン病
 * Romanian: boala Crohn
 * Russian: боле́знь Кро́на
 * Spanish: enfermedad de Crohn
 * Turkish: Crohn hastalığı