coeliac
pronunciation
How to pronounce coeliac in British English:
UK ['si:lɪæk]
How to pronounce coeliac in American English:
US ['silɪˌæk]
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- Adjective:
- of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen
Word Origin
- coeliac (adj.)
- 1660s, from Latin coeliacus, from Greek koiliakos "pertaining to the bowels," also "pain in the bowels," from koilia "bowels, abdominal cavity, intestines, tripe" from koilos "hollow," from PIE root *keue- "to swell; vault, hole" (see cumulus).
Example
- 1. The established effects of gluten range from allergies and coeliac disease to varying degrees of digestive discomfort .
- 2. Coeliac disease tends to be hereditary , and slightly more prominent in females .
- 3. Coeliac disease ; specificity ; immunoglobulin a ; transglutaminase antibodys .
- 4. Not that I have anything against mince pies , though in fact I haven 't eaten one for a over decade as I have coeliac disease and can 't eat gluten .
- 5. Just because someone doesn 't have coeliac disease , doesn 't mean they don 't have a problem with gluten .