English-Thai Dictionary

sprue

N รู หยอด โลหะ หลอม ลง ใน เบ้า 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPRUE

n. 1. A matter formed in the mouth in certain diseases.
2. In Scotland, that which is thrown off in casting metals; scoria.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPRUE

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. )

 

Defn: Same as Sprew.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sprue

sprue 1 |spro͞o spru | ▶noun a channel through which metal or plastic is poured into a mold. • a piece of metal or plastic that has solidified in a sprue, esp. one joining a number of small molded plastic items. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

sprue

sprue 2 |spru spro͞o | ▶noun disease of the small intestine causing malabsorption of food, in particular: • (also tropical sprue ) a disease characterized by ulceration of the mouth and chronic enteritis, suffered by visitors to tropical regions from temperate countries. • (also nontropical sprue ) another term for celiac disease. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Dutch spruw ‘thrush ’; perhaps related to Flemish spruwen ‘sprinkle. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

sprue

sprue 1 |spruː | ▶noun a channel through which metal or plastic is poured into a mould. • a piece of metal or plastic which has solidified in a sprue, especially one joining a number of small moulded plastic items. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

sprue

sprue 2 |spruː | ▶noun [ mass noun ] disease of the small intestine causing malabsorption of food, in particular: • (also tropical sprue ) a disease characterized by ulceration of the mouth and chronic enteritis, suffered by visitors to tropical regions from temperate countries. • (also non-tropical sprue ) another term for coeliac disease. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Dutch spruw ‘thrush ’; perhaps related to Flemish spruwen ‘sprinkle ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Sprue

Sprue Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die niederländisch -englisch chronische Erkrankung des Dünndarms einheimische Sprue Zöliakie