MALASSIMILATION

Etymology

Noun

malassimilation (usually uncountable, plural malassimilations)

Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of food.

An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials brought to them by the bloodstream.

Source: Wiktionary


Mal`as*sim`i*la"tion, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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