SPRUE
- a. opening through which molten metal is poured into a mold b. the waste metal left in this opening after casting
- channel in a forging die permitting the die to clear that part of the rough piece not being forged
- to cut the sprues from (a casting)
- chronic disease, occurring chiefly in the tropics, resulting from malabsorption of nutrients from the small intestine and characterized by diarrhea, ulceration of the mucous membrane of the digestive tract, and a smooth, shining tongue; psilosis
- a tropical disease [n SPRUES]
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