coeliac disease

noun

An auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten, causing a failure to digest food properly.

Similar
non-tropical spruecoeliac spruegluten-sensitive enteropathy
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Meanings

nouncoeliac disease (uncountable)

alternative celiac disease

  1. UKuncountableAn auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten, causing a failure to digest food properly.

    Synonyms: non-tropical sprue, coeliac sprue, gluten-sensitive enteropathy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten, causing a failure to digest food properly.

Similar
non-tropical spruecoeliac spruegluten-sensitive enteropathy

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 乳糜洩 /乳糜泄, 乳糜瀉 /乳糜泻
  • 乳糜洩 /乳糜泄 (rǔmíxiè)auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • 乳糜瀉 /乳糜泻 (rǔmíxiè)auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Czech celiakie
  • celiakieauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Danish cøliaki
  • cøliakiauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Dutch coeliakie
  • coeliakieauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Esperanto celiakio
  • celiakioauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Estonian tsöliaakia
  • tsöliaakiaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Finnish keliakia
  • keliakiaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
French maladie cœliaque, cœliaquie
  • maladie cœliaqueauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • cœliaquieauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
German Zöliakie
  • Zöliakieauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Greek κοιλιοκάκη
  • κοιλιοκάκη (koiliokáki)auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Hebrew כרסת
  • כרסתauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Hungarian lisztérzékenység, cöliákia
  • lisztérzékenységauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • cöliákiaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • gluténszenzitív enteropátiaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Italian celiachia
  • celiachiaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Japanese セリアック病
  • セリアック病 (seriakku byō)auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Polish celiakia, choroba trzewna
  • celiakiaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • choroba trzewnaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Portuguese doença celíaca
  • doença celíacaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Romanian celiachie
  • celiachieauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Russian целиаки́я
  • целиаки́я (celiakíja)auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Slovak celiakia
  • celiakiaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Spanish celiaquía, celíaca
  • celiaquíaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • celíacaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • celiacaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • enfermedad celíacaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • enfermedad celiacaauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Swedish glutenintolerans, celiaki
  • glutenintoleransauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • celiakiauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Turkish çölyak hastalığı
  • çölyak hastalığıauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Urdu مرض سیلیئک
  • مرض سیلیئکauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
Vietnamese xê-li-ác
  • xê-li-ácauto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
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