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It's not called Celiac disease, it's called Coeliac disease. And 'Celiac disease' redirects to 'Coeliac disease'.

grzm 10y ago
Therein lies a difference: "it's called" vs "it's proper name". For a point of comparison, we can look at Google Trends to determine relative popularity. This would give us an idea as to what "it's called". https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F0h1pq,coeliac%20disease https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F0h1pq,coeliac... "Celiac disease" is consistently between 15 and 20 times more popular than "coeliac disease". Also, the Wikipedia article opens with "Coeliac disease, also spelled celiac disease,…" Given the widespread use of "celiac", not only among the public, but also in the literature, one might reasonably argue at this point that "celiac" is the proper name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease
- milesrout 10y ago
  >"Celiac disease" is consistently between 15 and 20 times more popular than "coeliac disease". Because Americans don't know how to spell. The fact is that it's called 'Coeliac disease' by sane people and 'Celiac disease' by non-medical Americans. Medical Americans know how it's actually spelt, as do all non-Americans.
  - grzm 10y ago
    Because Americans don't know how to spell. The fact is that it's called 'Coeliac disease' by sane people and 'Celiac disease' by non-medical Americans. Medical Americans know how it's actually spelt, as do all non-Americans Attacks like this are unwarranted. Reviewing the references for the coeliac disease article shows plenty of "Medical Americans" and international papers referring to "celiac disease". - "Celiac Disease" https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/celiac-disease https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-disea... - "Subclinical celiac disease and gluten sensitivity" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4017418/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4017418/ - Tonutti E, Bizzaro N (2014). "Diagnosis and classification of celiac disease and gluten sensitivity". Autoimmun Rev (Review) - Ciccocioppo R, Kruzliak P, Cangemi GC, Pohanka M, Betti E, Lauret E, Rodrigo L (Oct 22, 2015). "The Spectrum of Differences between Childhood and Adulthood Celiac Disease". Nutrients (Review). That's four from the first six references. Of the first 25 references for the Wikipedia article, 13 spell it "celiac", 8 spell it "coeliac", 1 spells it "cœliac", and 3 don't mention the disease specifically. To my eye (granted, quickly scanned), they all look like solid references, mostly journal articles. To me, especially given the dipthong œ used in one case, this looks like a clear case of a word that has legitimate spelling variants, just as you used "spelt", where others would spell it "spelled".
Nomentatus 10y ago
>>It's not called Celiac disease, it's called Coeliac disease. And 'Celiac disease' redirects to 'Coeliac disease'. As others say, that idea turns out to be testable. Use this URL for the best test: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=coeliac+disease https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=coeliac+disease The disease is uniformly called celiac disease in page after page after page of results. What does Wikipedia gain by building a castle in the clouds (or distant UK past usage) and moving in? Yes, it's a U.S. service but covers journals from all over the world.

grzm 10y ago

Therein lies a difference: "it's called" vs "it's proper name". For a point of comparison, we can look at Google Trends to determine relative popularity. This would give us an idea as to what "it's called". https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F0h1pq,coeliac%20disease https://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F0h1pq,coeliac... "Celiac disease" is consistently between 15 and 20 times more popular than "coeliac disease". Also, the Wikipedia article opens with "Coeliac disease, also spelled celiac disease,…" Given the widespread use of "celiac", not only among the public, but also in the literature, one might reasonably argue at this point that "celiac" is the proper name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeliac_disease

milesrout 10y ago
>"Celiac disease" is consistently between 15 and 20 times more popular than "coeliac disease". Because Americans don't know how to spell. The fact is that it's called 'Coeliac disease' by sane people and 'Celiac disease' by non-medical Americans. Medical Americans know how it's actually spelt, as do all non-Americans.
- grzm 10y ago
  Because Americans don't know how to spell. The fact is that it's called 'Coeliac disease' by sane people and 'Celiac disease' by non-medical Americans. Medical Americans know how it's actually spelt, as do all non-Americans Attacks like this are unwarranted. Reviewing the references for the coeliac disease article shows plenty of "Medical Americans" and international papers referring to "celiac disease". - "Celiac Disease" https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/celiac-disease https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-disea... - "Subclinical celiac disease and gluten sensitivity" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4017418/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4017418/ - Tonutti E, Bizzaro N (2014). "Diagnosis and classification of celiac disease and gluten sensitivity". Autoimmun Rev (Review) - Ciccocioppo R, Kruzliak P, Cangemi GC, Pohanka M, Betti E, Lauret E, Rodrigo L (Oct 22, 2015). "The Spectrum of Differences between Childhood and Adulthood Celiac Disease". Nutrients (Review). That's four from the first six references. Of the first 25 references for the Wikipedia article, 13 spell it "celiac", 8 spell it "coeliac", 1 spells it "cœliac", and 3 don't mention the disease specifically. To my eye (granted, quickly scanned), they all look like solid references, mostly journal articles. To me, especially given the dipthong œ used in one case, this looks like a clear case of a word that has legitimate spelling variants, just as you used "spelt", where others would spell it "spelled".

Nomentatus 10y ago

>>It's not called Celiac disease, it's called Coeliac disease. And 'Celiac disease' redirects to 'Coeliac disease'. As others say, that idea turns out to be testable. Use this URL for the best test: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=coeliac+disease https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=coeliac+disease The disease is uniformly called celiac disease in page after page after page of results. What does Wikipedia gain by building a castle in the clouds (or distant UK past usage) and moving in? Yes, it's a U.S. service but covers journals from all over the world.