Celiac disease

/sˈɛlɪˌak dɪzˈiːz/

/sˈɛlɪˌæk dɪzˈiːz/

Celiac disease

a long-term autoimmune disorder that can damage one's small intestine and is triggered when one eats gluten

Examples

1. About one in 100 people have Celiac disease.

2. Obviously, celiac disease causes a defective absorption of other products, other foodstuffs.

3. Also, some people have celiac disease.

4. After all, celiac disease only affects one in 141 Americans, or 0.7 percent of the population.