Definition of Celiac

1. Adjective. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease. "A celiac diet"

Partainyms: Celiac Disease

2. Adjective. Of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen.
Exact synonyms: Coeliac
Partainyms: Abdominal Cavity, Abdominal Cavity

Definition of Celiac

1. a. See Cœllac.

Definition of Celiac

1. Adjective. (US anatomy) Of, pertaining to or located within the abdomen or abdominal cavity. ¹

2. Adjective. (U.S. medicine) Of or pertaining to celiac disease. ¹

3. Noun. Someone who has celiac disease. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Celiac

1. one that has a chronic nutritional disturbance [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Celiac

celestials
celestified
celestifies
celestify
celestifying
celestine
celestine blue B
celestines
celestist
celestists
celestite
celestites
celestrol
celetoid
celetoids
celiac (current term)
celiac artery
celiac disease
celiac sprue
celiac trunk
celiacs
celibacies
celibacist
celibately
celibates
celibatic
celibatist
celibatists

Literary usage of Celiac

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Aneurisms of the celiac Axis Aneurisms of the celiac axis or its branches may prove of anatomic interest, they may not be diagnosticated intra vitam as ..."

2. The Anatomy of the Nervous System by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"The celiac plexus (solar plexus) is located in the abdomen in close relation to ... Subordinate portions of the celiac plexus accompany the branches of the ..."

3. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray, Warren Harmon Lewis (1918)
"The celiac Plexus (Plexus Coeliacus; Solar Plexus) (Figs. 838, 848). The celiac plexus, the largest of the three sympathetic plexuses, is situated at the ..."

4. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"celiac DISEASE Gluten-sensitive enteropathy, or celiac disease, results from the sensitization of T-lymphocytes of the small bowel mucosa to gliadin and ..."

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