celiac sprue
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Celiac sprue — A result of an immune reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat or related grains and present in many foods that we eat. Celiac sprue causes impaired absorption and digestion of nutrients through the small intestine. Symptoms include frequent… … Medical dictionary
Celiac Sprue Association (CSA) — About CSA is the largest non profit coeliac disease support group in the United States,Fact|date=February 2008 with over 125 chapters and 65 resource units across the country, and over 10,000 members worldwide. History The Midwestern Celiac Sprue … Wikipedia
celiac sprue — noun see celiac disease … New Collegiate Dictionary
celiac disease — n 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… … Medical dictionary
celiac disease — a hereditary digestive disorder involving intolerance to gluten, usually occurring in young children, characterized by marked abdominal distention, malnutrition, wasting, and the passage of large, fatty, malodorous stools. Also called celiac… … Universalium
Sprue, nontropical — This condition results from an immune (allergic) reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat and related grains and present in many foods that we eat. Sprue causes impaired absorption and digestion of nutrients through the small intestine.… … Medical dictionary
celiac disease — noun Date: 1911 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
sprue — 1. Primary intestinal malabsorption with steatorrhea. SYN: cachexia aphthosa. 2. In dentistry, wax or metal used to form the aperture(s) for molten metal to flow into a mold to make a casting … Medical dictionary
sprue — I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1875 1. the waste piece on a casting (as of metal or plastic) left by the hole through which the mold was filled 2. the hole in which a sprue forms II. noun Etymology: Dutch spruw; akin to Middle Low… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Disease, adult celiac — This condition results from an immune (allergic) reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat and related grains and present in many foods that we eat. Sprue causes impaired absorption and digestion of nutrients through the small intestine.… … Medical dictionary
