coeliac
/ˈsiːlɪæk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.33 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
Someone who has coeliac disease.
Example Sentences
- "Next remove the middle portion of the lesser omentum, and feel for the coeliac axis."
- "The coeliac plexus is formed by the two interconnecting coeliac ganglia which lie either side of the coeliac artery."
- "The coeliac ganglia lie on each side of the coeliac trunk."
- "The results of skin testing and RAST indicate that most coeliac patients do not have circulating IgE specific for wheat proteins [25, 34, 108]."
- "Most coeliac patients are childen, the symptoms showing when cereals are first introduced in their diet."
- "Thus more fortunately for most coeliac patients a reliable diagnosis could now be made on the basis of one set of small bowel biopsies as opposed to three."
Etymology
From Latin coeliacus, from Ancient Greek κοιλιακός (koiliakós), from κοιλία (koilía, “belly”). By surface analysis, coel- + -i- + -ac. Cognate with coelom.