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Celiac vs Gluten - What's the difference?

celiac | gluten |

As nouns the difference between celiac and gluten

is that celiac is someone who has celiac disease while gluten is (cereal protein).

As an adjective celiac

is (us|anatomy) of, pertaining to or located within the abdomen or abdominal cavity.

celiac

English

Alternative forms

* coeliac (UK, Australia )

Adjective

(-)
  • (US, anatomy) Of, pertaining to or located within the abdomen or abdominal cavity.
  • (US, medicine) Of or pertaining to celiac disease.

    • Derived terms

    * celiac disease * celiac plexus * celiac sprue

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who has celiac disease.

    • gluten

    English

    (wikipedia gluten)

    Noun

  • (obsolete) Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
  • *, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.147:
    • The radical or innate is daily supplied by nourishment, which some call cambium, and make those secondary humours of ros and gluten to maintain it […].
  • The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
  • * 2010 , Felicity Cloake, Word of Mouth Blog, The Guardian , 10 Jun 2010:
    • Unfortunately, wholemeal bread is, according to many experts, a tricky thing to get right, as the lower gluten content of the flour makes for dense results [...].
  • (rare, geology) A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2004, p. 669:
    • Despite constant rain that turned roads to gluten , the Yankees kept moving.

    Derived terms

    * gluten bread * gluten casein * gluten fibrin * gluten-free * glutinous

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