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Sprew vs Sprue - What's the difference?

sprew | sprue |

As nouns the difference between sprew and sprue

is that sprew is (medicine|us|dialect) thrush while sprue is sprue (all senses).

sprew

English

Noun

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  • (medicine, US, dialect) thrush
    • (Webster 1913)

    sprue

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) spruw, sprouw .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.
    • Derived terms
    * celiac sprue

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (founding) The hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the mold.
  • (founding) Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold.
    • See also
    * flash

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