How do you pronouce "celiac"?

Is it"

A) Sell-ee-ack

or

See-lee-ack

or

C) Something else entirely?

see-lee-ack
christine

Pronunciation: 'sE-lE-"ak
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin coeliacus, from Greek koiliakos, from koilia cavity, from koilos hollow -- more at CAVE
: of or relating to the abdominal cavity

If yo go herte:

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=celiac

You can hear it pronouced.

Personally, I say see-lee-ack, but I have also commonly heard sill-ee-ack (aka Silly Yak )

Thank you so much for that info! Only having seen it written before, I had guessed too and that's how I was pronouncing it (see-lee-yack). Glad to know I was right. Nobody had ever corrected me or anything, but everyone I said it to had either never heard it before either or was a doctor (and based on what else they knew about the disease, I doubted they'd know how to pronounce it...)

Peter,
That's a monster cat. How much does he/she wiegh? Beautiful though.

Oliver, our ten-year-old elder statesman, is my current avatar. He is a gentle, twenty-pound giant ginger tabby. He is thirty inches long from nose to tip of tail.

Oliver is a very handsome cat!

I go with B

I agree, not Altoids for minors. I do think that minors should be carded when buying Altoids.

Karen, you have personally self educated a new generation. ....of upcomming happy adults.

See? The divorce rate among the younger generation is going to plummet! Maybe churches should give out Altoids for communion wafers instead of those yucky wheat things! Can you just picture couples kneeling down saying their prayers and giving each other that "knowing" wink?

Hugs.
Karen

Is it okay if I say sell-ee-ack?

I just like the way it sounds better.

Though I will be sure to pronouce it correctly when speaking to health professionals