a chronic autoimmune intestinal disease occurring in children and adults characterized by sensitivity to gluten (a natural protein found in many grains), with chronic inflammation and atrophy of the mucosa of the upper small intestine, a chronic hereditary intestinal disorder in which an inability to absorb the gliadin portion of gluten results in the gliadin triggering an immune response that damages the intestinal mucosa, mõnel inimesel (eriti lastel) vilja gluteenist tekkiv pikaajaline soolepõletik ja limaskesta kärbus, sümptomiteks on mh. kõhulahtisus, rasva-kõhulahtisus, mõnede toitainete imendusmishäire ja kasvuhäire, gluteenist põhjustatud eluaegne autoimmuunne geneetilise eelsoodumusega haigus