SPRUE

sprue, tropical sprue, psilosis

(noun) a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

sprue (plural sprues)

(medicine) A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.

Synonyms

• tropical sprue

Etymology 2

Noun

sprue (plural sprues)

(founding) The hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.

(founding) Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold.

Verb

sprue (third-person singular simple present sprues, present participle spruing, simple past and past participle sprued)

To remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece.

Anagrams

• Pre-Us, Purse, Rupes, pures, purse, re-ups, reups, rupes, super, super-

Source: Wiktionary

Sprue, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

1. (Founding) (a) Strictly, the hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold. (b) The waste piece of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross.

2. (Med.)

Definition: Same as Sprew.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition