Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COE'LI-AC, or CE'LI-AC, a. [CŒ'LI-AC, or CE'LI-AC. Gr. κοιλιακος, from κοιλια, the belly; allied perhaps to κοιλος, hollow.]

Pertaining to the belly, or to the intestinal canal. Cœliac artery, is the artery which issues from the aorta just below the diaphragm. – Encyc. Cœliac passion, the lientery, a flux or diarrhea of undigested food. – Coxe. Cœliac vein, a vein of the intestinum recutm. – Coxe.