Malabsorptionnoun
The state arising from abnormality in digestion or absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal tract.
Maldigestionnoun
(medicine) Bad or wrong digestion.
Malabsorptionnoun
abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tract
Malabsorption
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.