Celiac

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  • adjective. Of or relating to the abdomen or abdominal cavity.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See celiac.
  • Pertaining to the cavity of the abdomen; abdominal or ventricular. Now chiefly used in the phrase celiac axis.
  • Same as cœlian.
  • In medicine, an old term applied, in the phrase celiac passion, to a flux or diarrhea.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. See Cœllac.
  • adjective. Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen.
  • adjective. the artery which issues from the aorta just below the diaphragm; -- called also cœliac axis.
  • adjective. a chronic flux or diarrhea of undigested food.
  • adjective. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to or located within the abdomen or abdominal cavity.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to celiac disease.
  • noun. Someone who has celiac disease.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen
  • adjective. belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease
  • Word Usage
    "But in celiac disease, gluten appears to flatten the villi and damage them, reducing the body's ability to take in nutrients properly."
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