celiac
Americanadjective
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Anatomy. of, relating to, or located in the cavity of the abdomen.
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Pathology. of, relating to, or having celiac disease.
My sister just found out she's celiac.
Your age and stage of life can change your experiences of getting a celiac diagnosis.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of celiac
First recorded in 1655–65; from Latin coeliacus, from Greek koiliakós “of the bowels,” from koilí(a) “bowels” (derivative of koîlos “hollow”; see coel-) + -akos -ac
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The company decided to try again, calling the effort “Project Emma” after a 10-year-old girl named Emma Livingston who wrote to Campbell’s last year asking for a gluten-free Goldfish for her sister with celiac disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Researchers aimed to clarify why people experience symptoms after eating foods that contain gluten even though they do not have celiac disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025
Fry, who has celiac disease, says she found limited options of things to eat while she waited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Depending on the day, sometimes they tell you the glass noodles are gluten-free and sometimes they tell you they’re not, so I wouldn’t recommend that to anyone who is celiac.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Compression of the superior mesenteric artery or the celiac axis in dogs raises the blood pressure measured in the carotid artery for a period of at least an hour.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
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