coeliac

Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen.

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.

Abbreviation of coeliac disease; used attributively.

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.

Someone who has coeliac disease.

In all 5 untreated coeliacs as well as the 3 partially treated coeliacs who were in relapse at the time of biopsy, villi were entirely absent.

Hyposplenism in coeliacs does not appear to lead to these diseases.