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coeliac disease

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, uncountable

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37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 乳糜洩 /乳糜泄 (rǔmíxiè) — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乳糜瀉 /乳糜泻 (rǔmíxiè) — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Czech: celiakie — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Danish: cøliaki — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Dutch: coeliakie — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Esperanto: celiakio — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Estonian: tsöliaakia — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Faroese: kálksótt — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Finnish: keliakia — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • French: maladie cœliaque — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • French: cœliaquie — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Galician: enfermidade celíaca — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Galician: celiaquía — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • German: Zöliakie — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Greek: κοιλιοκάκη (koiliokáki) — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Hebrew: כרסת — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Hungarian: lisztérzékenység — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Hungarian: cöliákia — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Hungarian: gluténszenzitív enteropátia — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Italian: celiachia — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Japanese: 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 — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Polish: choroba trzewna — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Portuguese: doença celíaca — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Romanian: celiachie — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Russian: целиаки́я (celiakíja) — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Slovak: celiakia — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Slovene: celiakija — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Spanish: celiaquía — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Spanish: celíaca — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Spanish: celiaca — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Spanish: enfermedad celíaca — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Spanish: enfermedad celiaca — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Swedish: glutenintolerans — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Swedish: celiaki — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Turkish: çölyak hastalığı — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten
  • Urdu: مرض سیلیئک — auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten