coeliac disease

Noun

Meaning

coeliac disease (uncountable)

(UK) An auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten, causing a failure to digest food properly.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

celiac artery coeliac sprue non-tropical sprue gluten-sensitive enteropathy

Examples

Celiac disease main Celiac disease (coeliac disease) is a permanent intolerance to gluten proteins that appears in genetically predisposed people. Source: Internet

Funk proposed the hypothesis that other diseases, such as rickets, pellagra, coeliac disease, and scurvy could also be cured by vitamins. Source: Internet

Around one in 100 people have coeliac disease, caused by a reaction to gluten, that can be treated by cutting the substance from a patient's diet. Source: Internet

Dr Jason Tye-Din, who leads coeliac disease research at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and is a gastroenterologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, said that gluten contamination was a serious health-risk to those with coeliac disease. Source: Internet

Autoimmune hypopituitarism in patients with coeliac disease: symptoms confusingly similar. Source: Internet

I’d recommend getting tested for coeliac disease if you’re having problems with grains. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Coelho coelia coeliac coeliac plexus coeliac sprue coeliac sufferers