Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
gluten-free diet
glu·ten·free di·et
Subclass of:
Diet therapy;
Diet
Definitions related to gluten-free diet:
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(gluten free) Gluten free diet for celiac disease.NCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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(diet, gluten-free) A diet which is devoid of GLUTENS from WHEAT; BARLEY; RYE; and other wheat-related varieties. The diet is designed to reduce exposure to those proteins in gluten that trigger INFLAMMATION of the small intestinal mucosa in patients with CELIAC DISEASE.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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