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Gluten intolerance
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Gluten intolerance Inability to digest and absorb gliadin, the protein found in wheat. Undigested gliadin causes damage to the lining of the small intestine. This prevents absorption of nutrients from other foods. Gluten intolerance is also called celiac sprue, celiac disease, and nontropical sprue.
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Protein
Any of a group of complex organic compounds which contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and usually sulfur, the characteristic element being nitrogen. Proteins, the principal constituents of the protoplasm of all cells, are of high molecular weight and consist essentially of combinations of a-amino acids in peptide linkages. Twenty different amino acids are commonly found in proteins, and each protein has a unique genetically defined amino acid sequence which determines its specific shape and function. Their roles include enzymatic catalysis, transport and storage, coordinated motion, nerve impulse generation and many others.
Intestine
The tube involved in digestion and extending from the stomach to the anus. Consists of the small intestine and the large intestine.
Absorption
The way nutrients from food move from the small intestine into the cells in the body.
Nutrients
Proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals provided by food and necessary for growth and the maintenance of life.
Gluten
A protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and oats.
Intolerance
Allergy to a food, drug, or other substance.
Celiac
Having to do with the abdomen.
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
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Glutamate
A salt or ester of glutamic acid, especially one that functions as a neurotransmitter that excites cells of the central nervous system.
Gluten
A protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and oats.
Gluten sensitive enteropathy
Also called celiac sprue or celiac disease. A sensitivity to gluten, a wheat protein. Individuals with this disease must avoid gluten-containing grains, which include all forms of wheat, oats, barley and rye.
Glutethimide
A hypnotic substance.
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Gestational diabetes
Form of diabetes that may develop during pregnancy in women who do not otherwise have diabetes.
Giant cell arteritis
Disease causing inflammation of the temporal arteries and other arteries in the head and neck, causing the arteries to narrow, reducing blood flow in the affected areas; may cause persistent headaches and vision loss; also known as cranial arteritis, temporal arteritis, or Horton’s disease.
Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)
Method of treating infertility by removing eggs from a woman's ovaries, combining them with sperm from her partner or a donor in the laboratory, then placing the eggs and sperm together in one of her fallopian tubes, where fertilization can occur.
Glutamate
A salt or ester of glutamic acid, especially one that functions as a neurotransmitter that excites cells of the central nervous system.
Gluten
A protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and oats.
Gluten intolerance
Gluten sensitive enteropathy
Also called celiac sprue or celiac disease. A sensitivity to gluten, a wheat protein. Individuals with this disease must avoid gluten-containing grains, which include all forms of wheat, oats, barley and rye.
Glycogen storage diseases
A group of birth defects that change the way the liver breaks down glycogen. See also Glycogen.
Grading
A diagnostic process done in the lab with cells taken from the prostate to measure how aggressive the tumor is. The cancer cells are measured by how closely they look like normal cells.
Granuloma
A mass of red, irritated tissue in the GI tract found in Crohn's disease.
Granulomatous colitis
Another name for Crohn's disease of the colon.
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Protein
Any of a group of complex organic compounds which contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and usually sulfur, the characteristic element being nitrogen. Proteins, the principal constituents of the protoplasm of all cells, are of high molecular weight and consist essentially of combinations of a-amino acids in peptide linkages. Twenty different amino acids are commonly found in proteins, and each protein has a unique genetically defined amino acid sequence which determines its specific shape and function. Their roles include enzymatic catalysis, transport and storage, coordinated motion, nerve impulse generation and many others.
Intestine
The tube involved in digestion and extending from the stomach to the anus. Consists of the small intestine and the large intestine.
Absorption
The way nutrients from food move from the small intestine into the cells in the body.
Nutrients
Proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals provided by food and necessary for growth and the maintenance of life.
Gluten
A protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and oats.
Intolerance
Allergy to a food, drug, or other substance.
Celiac
Having to do with the abdomen.
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Glutamate
A salt or ester of glutamic acid, especially one that functions as a neurotransmitter that excites cells of the central nervous system.
Gluten
A protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and oats.
Gluten sensitive enteropathy
Also called celiac sprue or celiac disease. A sensitivity to gluten, a wheat protein. Individuals with this disease must avoid gluten-containing grains, which include all forms of wheat, oats, barley and rye.
Glutethimide
A hypnotic substance.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Gestational diabetes
Form of diabetes that may develop during pregnancy in women who do not otherwise have diabetes.
Giant cell arteritis
Disease causing inflammation of the temporal arteries and other arteries in the head and neck, causing the arteries to narrow, reducing blood flow in the affected areas; may cause persistent headaches and vision loss; also known as cranial arteritis, temporal arteritis, or Horton’s disease.
Gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)
Method of treating infertility by removing eggs from a woman's ovaries, combining them with sperm from her partner or a donor in the laboratory, then placing the eggs and sperm together in one of her fallopian tubes, where fertilization can occur.
Glutamate
A salt or ester of glutamic acid, especially one that functions as a neurotransmitter that excites cells of the central nervous system.
Gluten
A protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and oats.
Gluten intolerance
Gluten sensitive enteropathy
Also called celiac sprue or celiac disease. A sensitivity to gluten, a wheat protein. Individuals with this disease must avoid gluten-containing grains, which include all forms of wheat, oats, barley and rye.
Glycogen storage diseases
A group of birth defects that change the way the liver breaks down glycogen. See also Glycogen.
Grading
A diagnostic process done in the lab with cells taken from the prostate to measure how aggressive the tumor is. The cancer cells are measured by how closely they look like normal cells.
Granuloma
A mass of red, irritated tissue in the GI tract found in Crohn's disease.
Granulomatous colitis
Another name for Crohn's disease of the colon.
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