malassimilation

[ mal-uh-sim-uh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. imperfect incorporation of nutrients into body tissue.

malassimilation

/ ˌmæləˌsɪmɪˈleɪʃən /

noun

1. pathol defective assimilation of nutrients

Word History and Origins

Origin of malassimilation¹

First recorded in 1860–65; mal- + assimilation

Example Sentences

Malassimilation, mal-a-sim-i-lā′shun, n. imperfect assimilation or nutrition.

From Project Gutenberg

During his shanty-life Thoreau was imperfectly nourished, and for the victim of malassimilation, tuberculosis hunts and needs no spyglass.

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It will take him, perhaps, months or years to die a gradual, miserable death through malassimilation and malnutrition, which usually end in some form of wasting disease, such as pernicious anemia or tuberculosis.

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If he does not actually die from the effects of the wrongly treated typhoid fever, he will be troubled all his life with intestinal indigestion, constipation, malassimilation and the accompanying nervous disorders.

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