Malabsorption

malabsorption /mal·ab·sorp·tion/ (mal?ab-sorp´shun) impaired intestinal absorption of nutrients.

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mal·ab·sorp·tion (mlb-zôrpshn)

n.

Defective or inadequate absorption of nutrients from the intestinal tract.

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Malabsorption

Defective or inadequate absorption of nutrients from the intestinal tract.

Mentioned in: Proton Pump Inhibitors

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malabsorption,

n improper absorption of nutrients, characterized by deficiency of carbohydrates, fats, minerals, proteins, and vitamins and excess fat in the stool.

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malabsorption

impaired intestinal absorption of nutrients.

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fat malabsorption

see steatorrhea.

malabsorption syndrome

a group of disorders marked by subnormal intestinal absorption of dietary constituents, and thus excessive loss of nutrients in the stool, with chronic diarrhea and weight loss; it may be due to a digestive defect, a mucosal abnormality, or lymphatic obstruction. A common disease in dogs and a major part of some of the enteric diseases of food animals. It is the pathogenesis of the diarrheas of trichostrongylosis of sheep and cattle, of the viral diarrheas of pigs and the undifferentiated chronic diarrheas of horses.