malassimilation

malassimilation
Rarely used term for incomplete or faulty assimilation; malabsorption.

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mal·as·sim·i·la·tion .mal-ə-.sim-ə-'lā-shən n MALABSORPTION

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mal·as·sim·i·la·tion (mal″ə-sim″ĭ-laґshən) [L. malus ill + assimilation] 1. imperfect, faulty, or disordered assimilation. 2. inability of the gastrointestinal tract to transport to the body fluids one or more ingested nutrients, whether due to faulty digestion (maldigestion) or to impaired intestinal mucosal transport (malabsorption).

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  • Malassimilation — Mal as*sim i*la tion, n. [Mal + assimilation.] (Physiol.) (a) Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of the food. (b) An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials brought to them by the blood. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • malassimilation — also mal assimilation, 1840, from MAL (Cf. mal ) + ASSIMILATION (Cf. assimilation) …   Etymology dictionary

  • malassimilation — [mal΄ə sim΄ə lā′shən] n. incomplete or faulty assimilation of nutrients from the gastrointestinal tract …   English World dictionary

  • Malassimilation — Unter Malassimilation von lateinisch malus (schlecht, schädlich, böse) und assimilare (angleichen, ähnlich machen) wird eine beeinträchtigte, das heißt verminderte Nährstoffausnutzung aufgrund unterschiedlichster Störungen im Verdauungstrakt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • malassimilation — /mal euh sim euh lay sheuhn/, n. Pathol. imperfect incorporation of nutrients into body tissue. [1860 65; MAL + ASSIMILATION] * * * …   Universalium

  • Malassimilation — Mal|assimilatio̱n [frz. engl. mal = Krankheit, Übel u. ↑Assimilation] w; : ungenügende Verwertung der aufgenommenen Nahrung …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • malassimilation — mælÉ™ sɪmɪ leɪʃn n. imperfect absorption of nutrients into the body, incomplete digestion of food by the body (Pathology) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • malassimilation — mal·assimilation …   English syllables

  • malassimilation — /ˌmæləsɪməˈleɪʃən/ (say .maluhsimuh layshuhn) noun imperfect assimilation or nutrition …  

  • malassimilation — |mal+ noun Etymology: mal (I) + assimilation : malabsorption …   Useful english dictionary

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