Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

malabsorption


mal·ab·sorp·tion

noun \ˌma-ləb-ˈsrp-shən, -ˈzrp-\

Definition of MALABSORPTION

: faulty absorption especially of nutrient materials from the gastrointestinal tract

First Known Use of MALABSORPTION

circa 1929

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: malacanthid (adjective)
Previous Word in the Dictionary: malabathrum
All Words Near: malabsorption

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up malabsorption? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).