Definition of "coeliac"

Next remove the middle portion of the lesser omentum, and feel for the coeliac axis.

1838, William James Erasmus Wilson, Practical and Surgical Anatomy‎, page 350

The coeliac plexus is formed by the two interconnecting coeliac ganglia which lie either side of the coeliac artery.

2002, Colin Pinnock, Ted Lin, Tim Smith, Fundamentals of Anaesthesia, page 218

The coeliac ganglia lie on each side of the coeliac trunk.

2010, Robert H. Whitaker, Neil R. Borley, Instant Anatomy, page 85

The results of skin testing and RAST indicate that most coeliac patients do not have circulating IgE specific for wheat proteins .

1982, S. Ahlstedt, Recent Trends in Allergen and Complement Research‎, page 48

Most coeliac patients are childen, the symptoms showing when cereals are first introduced in their diet.

1994, Norman Leslie Kent, A. D. Evers, Technology of cereals: An Introduction for Students of Food Science and Agriculture, page 297

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.

2008, Helen Griffiths, Coeliac Disease: Nursing Care and Management‎, page 10

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.

1961, Association of National European and Mediterranean Societies of Gastroenterology, Proceedings VIth meeting of the "Association des Sociétés Nationales Européenes et Méditerranéennes de Gastro-Entérologie"‎, page 624

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

1986, David R. Triger, Clinical Immunology of the Liver and Gastrointestinal Tract‎, page 67

Instead, anecdotal observations came to dominate the literature, describing adult coeliacs as mentally peculiar, excessively nervous and unstable, depressive, or even schizophrenic (Paulley, 1959; Dohan, 1966).

1999, Giuseppe Gobbi, Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders in Coeliac Disease‎, page 212