celiac

1. 1.

   belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease

   “a celiac diet”
2. 2.

   of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen

   Synonymscoeliac

Questions about celiac

What does celiac mean?

celiac means "belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in celiac?

celiac has 3 syllables: ce-li-ac. The stress falls on "ce".

What is another word for celiac?

Close synonyms include coeliac. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is celiac a common word?

celiac is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.