sprue

Meaning

Noun

A tropical disease causing a sore throat and tongue, and disturbed digestion; psilosis.

Verb

To remove the sprues (material left in feed channels) from a cast piece.

Synonyms

tropical sprue

psilosis

gate

runner

🏃

slag

thrush

downsprue

food poisoning

a deficiency disease

flow passage

noz

white diarrhea

white flux

diarrhea alba

cast gate

celiac disease

casting nozzle

diarrhea

Translations

Anguss

cüruf

Eingusstrichter

Anspritzrest

Gießtrichter

Gusszapfen

άφθαι

σκωρία μέταλλου

κάθετο κανάλι

canale di colata

مرض استوائي، فتحة

psiloz

esprue

Einguss

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɹuː/

Etymology

From Dutch spruw, sprouw. First described by William Hillary.