Meaning of coeliac | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Dated spelling of coeliac.
   not-comparable
2. Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen.
   not-comparable
3. Abbreviation of coeliac disease; used attributively.
   abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable

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Examples

“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.”

“The cœliac artery is covered by the lesser omentum. On the right side it is in relation with the right cœliac ganglion and the caudate process of the liver ; on the left side, with the left cœliac ganglion and the cardiac end of the stomach.”

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