Definition of Celiac disease

1. Noun. A disorder in children and adults; inability to tolerate wheat protein (gluten); symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation; often accompanied by lactose intolerance.

Generic synonyms: Disorder, Upset

Definition of Celiac disease

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of coeliac disease) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Celiac Disease

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

Literary usage of Celiac disease

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)
"With as much emphasis I may say that I never managed to cure one case in which the test continued negative." 4. celiac disease—Diarrhea alba—Diarrhea ..."

2. Digestive Diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1995)
"Multiple sclerosis and celiac disease have been reported to aggregate in families with ... An association with celiac disease, if confirmed, could support a ..."

3. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by James Magoffin French, Charles Spencer Williamson (1908)
"In other respects the treatment is that of acute gastroenteritis. celiac disease. ... celiac disease ..."

4. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"celiac disease and lymphangiectasia due to Whipple's disease and intestinal lymphoma ... In man, celiac disease (nontropical sprue, gluten enter- opathy, ..."

5. 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 ..."

6. Diarrheal, Inflammatory, Obstructive, and Parasitic Diseases of the Gastro by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1915)
"This type diarrhea, which has been described and designated celiac disease Gee, may occur at any age, but is encountered most frequently children under five ..."

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