(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