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malabsorption

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.10 in modern English

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Countable; Uncountable

"Poop that floats may sometimes point to other health issues, such as malabsorption or pancreatic-related conditions."

malabsorptions (plural)

What does malabsorption mean?: The state arising from abnormality in digestion or absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal tract.
Where does malabsorption come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin absorptiōder. English absorption English malabsorption From mal- + absorption.

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