Medical Definition of Coeliac syndrome

1. Gluten enteropathy: atrophy of villi in small intestine leads to impaired absorption of nutrients. Caused by sensitivity to gluten (protein of wheat and rye). Sufferers have serum antibodies to gluten and show delayed hypersensitivity to gluten, the risk factor is ten times greater in HLA B8 positive individuals. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coeliac Syndrome

coeliac
coeliac-flux
coeliac (lymphatic) plexus
coeliac (nervous) plexus
coeliac artery
coeliac axis
coeliac branches of vagus nerve
coeliac disease
coeliac ganglia
coeliac glands
coeliac lymph nodes
coeliac plexus
coeliac plexus reflex
coeliac rickets
coeliac sprue
coeliac syndrome (current term)
coeliac trunk
coeliacs
coeliagra
coeligenous
coelioscopy
coeliotomies
coeliotomy
coelodont
coelodonts
coelogyne
coelom
coelomata
coelomate
coelomates

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