Words Like SPRUE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SPRUE.

2 Alternative Words Similar to sprue

1 Disorder Noun      Synonym Words Like Disorder
2 Upset Noun      Synonym Words Like Upset

7 definitions of sprue

1 A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.
2 The hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.
3 Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold.
4 In casting metal, one of the passages leading from the “skimming-gate” to the mold; also, the metal which fills the sprue or sprue-gate after solidification: same as dead-head, 1 . Also called sprue-gate.
5 A piece of metal or wood used by a molder in making the ingate through the sand.
6 See sprew.
7 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
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