Words Like SPRUE
We have put together a list of words that are similar to SPRUE.
2 Alternative Words Similar to sprue
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.
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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