Definition of "coeliac" []

• Variant of celiac. (adjective)

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• "I'm reminded of a woman with a similar history who turned out to have a condition called coeliac disease (which had been causing her only very mild bowel symptoms)."
• "At the more severe end of the scale are illnesses such as coeliac disease."
• "Cases of iron-deficiency anaemia can be caused by heavy menstrual periods, chronic illness, kidney disease, gastrointestinal tumours, or processes such as coeliac disease."