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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Crohn, Burrill Bernard Crohnnoun

    United States physician who specialized in diseases of the intestines; he was the first to describe regional ileitis which is now known as Crohn's disease (1884-1983)

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  1. crohn

    Burrill Bernard Crohn (June 13, 1884 – July 29, 1983) was an American gastroenterologist who made the first major advance to identify the disease that now bears his name. Although the description of Crohn's disease is by far his most famous accomplishment, Crohn had a long career both as a clinician and as a researcher who contributed to modern understanding of many gastrointestinal conditions.

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    Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract. This inflammation can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss, and malnutrition. Crohn's disease can be both painful and debilitating, and sometimes may lead to life-threatening complications. The inflammation caused by Crohn's disease often spreads deep into the layers of affected bowel tissue. Crohn's disease can involve different areas of the digestive tract in different people.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CROHN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Crohn is ranked #76533 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Crohn surname appeared 251 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Crohn.

    97.2% or 244 total occurrences were White.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Crohn in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Crohn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Crohn in a Sentence

  1. Gilaad Kaplan:

    Among smokers who are diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, quitting smoking is an action that they can take for themselves to improve their health.

  2. Jeremy Farrar:

    It is impossible to overstate the implications of this work in all Sir Gregory P. Winter daily lives -- biofuels, chemicals, environment, medicine and so much more e.g. treatment of cancer, arthritis, Crohn's, UC and infections -- there are patients with Ebola being treated today with antibody therapies, this has impacted so much of modern medicine.

  3. Aimee Rouski:

    I’d had severe Crohn’s for a very long time and wasn’t responding to any medicinal treatments.

  4. Jack Spandorfer:

    When I found out, I still didn’t know exactly what Crohn’s was, so that was really hard to know you have something but you don’t know what it is.

  5. Yvette Leung:

    The vast majority of treatments for Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis are completely safe for a female to take when she is conceiving and equally safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding, for patients who are acutely ill, however, from their Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis, there may be multiple good reasons not to have children including depression, malnutrition, amenorrhea (lack of menstruation), and general poor quality of life.

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