1) Absorption 2) Assimilation
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Malabsorption is a state arising from abnormality in absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Impairment can be of single or multiple nutrients depending on the abnormality. This may lead to malnutrition and a variety of anaemias. ==Classification== Some prefer to classify malabsorption clinically into three basic categ...
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impaired intestinal absorption of nutrients.
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(from the article `digestive system disease`) Malabsorption occurs when the small intestine is unable to transport broken-down products of digestive materials from the lumen of the intestine into ... ...and zinc status may be low in protein-energy malnutrition. Even in developed countries, young children, pregnant women, the elderly, st...
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Failure of the intestine to digest or absorb food stuffs leading to diarrhoea and malnutrition.
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<gastroenterology> Impaired intestinal absorption of nutrients. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(mal″әb-sorp´shәn) impaired intestinal absorption of nutrients.
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A situation where only a small percentage of the calories and nutrients eaten are digested and absorbed. After the duodenal switch, patients do not absorb all of the calories and nutrients that they eat.
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Impaired intestinal absorption of nutrients, causing food to be poorly digested and absorbed. Often happens as a result of gastric bypass surgery.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: mal′ab-sōrp′shŭn Definitions: 1. Imperfect, inadequate, or otherwise disordered gastrointestinal absorption.
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Malabsorption: The impaired absorption by the intestines of nutrients from food. Malabsorption can be specific and involve sugars, fats, proteins, or vitamins. Alternatively, malabsorption can be general and nonspecific. The causes of malabsorption include cystic fibrosis (from lack of pancreatic enzymes to digest food), lactose intolerance, celiac...
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Malabsorption is when the intestines cannot absorb nutrients properly.
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Impaired intestinal absorption of nutrients, causing food to be poorly digested and absorbed. Often happens as a result of gastric bypass surgery.
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Improper utilization of needed and available nutrients, either from impaired digestive function (such as B12 being unabsorbed because of gastritis), impaired absorption (poor Vitamin E absorption because of an inflamed ileum) or impaired transport (the diminished blood proteins of the advanced alcoholic).
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Faulty absorption of nutrients by the intestine.
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n] - abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract
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malabsorption Imperfect absorption (of food material by the body).
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Poor absorption of nutrients by the intestinal tract.
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an impaired ability of the lining of the small intestine to absorb nutrients from food
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noun abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract
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(n.), physical process utilized in bariatric surgeries; causes dramatic weight loss by limiting the amount of calories taken in by digestive system.
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