(n) 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), Syn. Burrill Bernard Crohn
(n) a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss, Syn. Crohn's disease, regional ileitis