n 1  :  CELIAC DISEASE  2  :  a disease of tropical regions that is of unknown cause and is characterized by fatty diarrhea and malabsorption of nutrients - called also tropical sprue  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  so·por   spore   spray  spur 
 
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