coeliac

1. 1.

   of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen

   Synonymsceliac

Questions about coeliac

What does coeliac mean?

coeliac means "of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen".

How many syllables are in coeliac?

coeliac has 4 syllables and divides as co-e-li-ac under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for coeliac?

Close synonyms include celiac. 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 coeliac a common word?

coeliac is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.