Medical term:
gliadin
gliadin
[gli´ah-din]a protein in wheat that contains the toxic factor associated with celiac disease.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
gli·a·din
(glī'ă-din),A class of protein, separable from wheat and rye glutens; a member of the prolamins (proline-rich proteins), which are insoluble in water, absolute alcohol, and neutral solvents, but soluble in 50-90% alcohol.
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gliadin
(glī′ə-dĭn)n.
Any of several prolamin proteins present in wheat grains, and constituting a component of wheat gluten. Gliadins can cause celiac disease in susceptible individuals by inducing a destructive immune response in the small intestine.
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gli·a·din
(glī'ă-din)A class of protein, separable from wheat and rye glutens, which contains up to 40% l-glutamine; a member of the prolamins, which are insoluble in water, absolute alcohol, and neutral solvents, but soluble in 50-90% alcohol.
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gliadin
One of the two main components of wheat protein and the one that contains the factor responsible for damaging the intestinal lining and causing COELIAC DISEASE.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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