sprue
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noun \ˈsprü\Definition of SPRUE
1
: the waste piece on a casting (as of metal or plastic) left by the hole through which the mold was filled
2
: the hole in which a sprue forms
Origin of SPRUE
origin unknown
First Known Use: circa 1875
Rhymes with SPRUE
blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo
2sprue
nounDefinition of SPRUE
1
: a disease of tropical regions that is of unknown cause and is characterized by fatty diarrhea and malabsorption of nutrients —called also tropical sprue
2
Origin of SPRUE
Dutch spruw; akin to Middle Low German sprūwe, a kind of tumor
First Known Use: 1888
sprue
noun \ˈsprü\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of SPRUE
2
: a disease of tropical regions that is of unknown cause and is characterized by fatty diarrhea and malabsorption of nutrients—called also tropical sprue
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