sprue¹ /sproo/

1. A passage by which molten material runs into a mould
2. The material that solidifies in it, also called dead-head

sprue² /sproo/

1. Infantile thrush (obsolete)
2. Either of two disorders, tropical sprue and coeliac disease, in which the intestines fail to absorb nutrients adequately

tropical sprue

A disease characterized by loss of appetite and weight, diarrhoea, inflammation of the mouth and tongue, and atrophy of the lining of the small intestine

sprue³ or sprew /sproo/ (esp SE Eng dialect)

Very thin, inferior asparagus

• sudden death
• sudden deaths
• sudden infant death syndrome
• suddenly
• suddenness
• suddennesses
• sudden oak death
• suddenties
• suddenty
• sudden unexplained death syndrome
• sudder
• sudders
• sudds
• Sudeck's atrophy
• sudoku
• sudokus
• sudor
• sudoral
• sudoriferous
• sudorific
• sudorifics
• sudoriparous
• sudorous
• sudors
• Sudra