MALABSORPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malabsorption mean? 

• MALABSORPTION (noun)
  The noun MALABSORPTION has 1 sense:

1. abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract

  Familiarity information: MALABSORPTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALABSORPTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("malabsorption" is a kind of...):

absorption; assimilation (the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion)

 Context examples 

Signs and symptoms include abdominal pain, malabsorption and diabetes mellitus.

(Chronic Pancreatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients present with symptoms of malabsorption syndrome, abdominal discomfort, and bloating.

(Pancreatic Insufficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Pancrelipase is used to reduce malabsorption when the pancreas is unable to secrete sufficient amounts of these enzymes.

(Pancrelipase, NCI Thesaurus)

If untreated, the clinical course progresses to malabsorption of fats, vitamin B12 and calcium, the latter which predisposes to nephrolithiasis and osteoporosis.

(Blind Loop Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The clinical course follows a progression of malabsorption leading to nutritional deficiencies, small bowel ulceration/perforation, lymphoma and infection.

(Collagenous Sprue, NCI Thesaurus)

It is manifested with malabsorption syndrome.

(Autoimmune enteropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

The clinical course leads to malabsorption of disaccharides which has implications for normal growth and development if manifested at an early age.

(Intestinal Disaccharidase Deficiency and Disaccharide Malabsorption, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical symptoms include hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, portal hypertension, malabsorption syndrome, and pathologic fractures.

(Aggressive Systemic Mastocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinically, there is no evidence of palpable hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, malabsorption syndrome, or pathologic fractures.

(Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)

It involves the small intestine, and patients usually present with malabsorption syndrome, abdominal pain, weight loss, and fever.

(Alpha Heavy Chain Disease, NCI Thesaurus)