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Same as Sprew.

A disease characterized by intestinal malabsorption and precipitated by gluten-containing foods. The intestinal mucosa shows loss of villous structure.

1. Aphthae, thrush. 2. Tropical diarrhea, psilosis; a chronic remitting catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membrane of the alimentary tract, occurring in the tropics, characterized by stomatitis, diarrhea, anemia, and emaciation. 3. In mechanical dentistry, a piece of wood or metal used for making the ingate when casting molten metal.

See sprew.