TROPICAL SPRUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tropical sprue mean? 

• TROPICAL SPRUE (noun)
  The noun TROPICAL SPRUE has 1 sense:

1. a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation

  Familiarity information: TROPICAL SPRUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROPICAL SPRUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

psilosis; sprue; tropical sprue

Hypernyms ("tropical sprue" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)