See Also: Fixed charge coverage ratio(finance)
Fixed-charge coverage ratio(money)
Finance charge(finance)
Finance Charge(money)
Fixed Charge(money)
Crohn's disease(dictionary)
Crohn's disease(health)
crohn's disease(medicine)
crohn disease(medicine)
Disease, Crohn(health)

Fixed charge coverage ratio (finance) and crohn's disease (medicine)


Fixed charge coverage ratio (finance)


A measure of a firm's ability to meet its fixed-charge obligations: the ratio of (Earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization minus unfunded capital expenditures and distributions) divided by total Debt service (annual principal and interest payments).





crohn's disease (medicine)


Crohn's disease
<disease, gastroenterology> An inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract that seems to have both genetic and environmental causes, not well understood.

The peak incidence of onset of this disease is between 15 and 25 years of age. Crohn's also occurs in later years between the ages of 55 and 60.

Common symptoms include recurrent abdominal pains, fever, nausea, vomiting, Weight Loss and diarrhoea which is occasionally bloody. Complications include gastrointestinal bleeding, fistulas and anal fissures.

Treatment includes anti-inflammatory drugs and corticosteroids. Surgery is successful in a select few.