Coeliac Disease

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
CD
Pronunciation
/ˈsiːliæk dɪ/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Food allergy should not be confused with'food intolerance ', of which the best-defined with an immunological component is the gluten intolerance syndrome coeliac disease.
  2. It is the gliadin component of gluten which is responsible for coeliac disease.
  3. Shortly after the diagnosis of coeliac disease, you need to be extra careful to ensure you have a nutritionally adequate diet, as you may have been suffering from malabsorption of nutrients.
  4. The medical condition caused by eating gluten and lead to damage of the intestinal lining and inflammation is called Coeliac Disease(CD).
  5. A boy with coeliac disease and obesity

Other meanings of CD