celiac disease

noun

: a chronic hereditary intestinal disorder in which an inability to absorb the gliadin portion of gluten results in the gliadin triggering an immune response that damages the intestinal mucosa

called also celiac sprue

Examples of celiac disease in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Because Acosta has celiac disease, all food items from tacos to pastries, like carrot cake and Salvadoran quesadilla, are house-made and gluten-free. —Irene Adeline Milanez, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025

For example, the report points to a fivefold rise in the rates of celiac disease since the 1980s but fails to acknowledge a dramatic increase in diagnosis and awareness of the autoimmune disorder. —Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 6 June 2025

The current gold standard to diagnose celiac disease in the U.S. remains a blood test followed by a biopsy via endoscopy. —Alex Backus, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025

One allele that increases the risk of celiac disease went from being virtually nonexistent to occurring in 20 percent of the population over the course of just 4,000 years. —Kermit Pattison, Scientific American, 20 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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Medical Definition

celiac disease

noun

: a chronic hereditary intestinal disorder in which an inability to absorb the gliadin portion of gluten results in the gliadin triggering an immune response that damages the intestinal mucosa

called also celiac sprue, gluten-sensitive enteropathy, nontropical sprue, sprue