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cœliac

cœliac

See also: coeliac

English

Adjective

cœliac (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly British) Alternative spelling of coeliac
    • 1913 CE, Henry Gray and Robert Howden, Anatomy Descriptive and Applied, Lea & Febiger; page #688:
      The cœliac artery is covered by the lesser omentum. On the right side it is in relation with the right cœliac ganglion and the caudate process of the liver  ; on the left side, with the left cœliac ganglion and the cardiac end of the stomach.