See Also: Roundhead(dictionary)
Roundhead(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Gluten(health)
gluten(dictionary)
gluten(encyclopedia)
Gluten(recipes)
gluten(dictionary)
Gluten(medicine)
Gluten enteropathy(medicine)

Gluten enteropathy (medicine) and Roundhead (iou)


Gluten enteropathy (medicine)


gluten enteropathy
<gastroenterology> An inherited disease where the intestinal lining is inflamed in response to the ingestion of a protein known as gluten. Gluten is present in many grains including rye, oats, barley and triticale.

Symptoms in infants include diarrhoea, slow growth, bloody stools, Weight Loss, vomiting and clay-coloured stools. Symptoms in adults include abdominal distention, abdominal pain, fatigue, Weight Loss, bone pain and bone tenderness. Treatment involves the life-long avoidance of gluten.

Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease


Roundhead (iou)



Roundhead noun & adjective. M17.
[from ROUND adjective + HEAD noun.]
A. noun.
Hist. [From their custom of wearing the hair cut short.] A member or supporter of the parliamentary party in the English Civil War; a 17th-cent. parliamentarian. M17.
b. An immigrant from northern Europe, spec. a Swede. N. Amer. slang. derog. L19.
c. Anthropology. (roundhead.) A brachycephalic person. L19.
(roundhead.) A long-handled weapon fitted at the end with a ring of sharp spikes. Only in M17.
b. adjective. (roundhead.) Round-headed; parliamentarian. M19.