- malabsorption syndrome
- A group of symptoms such as gas, bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea resulting from the body's inability to properly absorb nutrients.
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malabsorption syndrome — n a syndrome resulting from malabsorption that is typically characterized by weakness, diarrhea, muscle cramps, edema, and loss of weight * * * any of a group of disorders characterized by subnormal absorption of dietary constituents, and thus… … Medical dictionary
malabsorption syndrome — A variety of conditions in which digestion and absorption in the small intestine are impaired. Multiple causes including lymphoma, amyloid and other infiltrations, Crohn s disease, gluten sensitive enteropathy and the sprue syndrome in which the… … Dictionary of molecular biology
malabsorption syndrome — noun a pattern of symptoms including loss of appetite and bloating and weight loss and muscle pain and steatorrhea; associated with celiac disease and sprue and cystic fibrosis • Hypernyms: ↑syndrome … Useful english dictionary
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malabsorption — Imperfect, inadequate, or otherwise disordered gastrointestinal absorption. congenital selective glucose and galactose m. an inherited disorder in which d glucose and d galactose accumulate in the intestinal lumen and exert an osmotic … Medical dictionary
Syndrome — Pour les articles homonymes, voir syndrome (homonymie). Un syndrome est un ensemble de signes cliniques et de symptômes qu un patient est susceptible de présenter lors de certaines maladies, ou bien dans des circonstances cliniques d écart à la… … Wikipédia en Français
Malabsorption — Syndrome de malabsorption La malabsorption de nutriments du fait d une maladie de l intestin grêle est rare, mais de diagnostic aisé. La malabsorption est définie par l incapacité du tube digestif à absorber l ensemble des substances alimentaires … Wikipédia en Français
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malabsorption — [ malapsɔrpsjɔ̃ ] n. f. • av. 1969; de 2. mal et absorption ♦ Méd. Trouble du processus d absorption des aliments à travers la muqueuse intestinale. ● malabsorption nom féminin Trouble du processus d absorption des aliments à travers la muqueuse… … Encyclopédie Universelle
