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单词 tropical sprue
释义

tropical sprue

noun

: sprue entry 2 sense 1

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web At that time, his fortunes lower than ever, two of his older brothers died of tropical sprue, an acute infectious disease of the small bowel that at the time had no known cause or treatment. Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 5 June 2018

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1955, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

tropical sprue

noun

: a disease of tropical regions that is of unknown cause and is characterized by fatty diarrhea, malabsorption of nutrients, and weight loss
Though pathologically indistinguishable from nontropical sprue (i.e., gluten-sensitive enteropathy, or celiac disease), tropical sprue … does not respond to the removal of gluten from the diet … Edward T. Ryan et al., The New England Journal of Medicine

called also sprue

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