maldigested
English
Etymology
mal- + digested
Adjective
maldigested (not comparable)
- Poorly digested.
- 1888, Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences, volume 3, page 131:
- Grand Clément also speaks pointedly of the dyspeptic origin of a number of affections of the eye, especially those of an intermittent character, and traces their origin to the elaboration of toxic alkaloids, ptomanies, from the maldigested articles of food; and, from their absorption into the system, arise the numberless forms of neurasthenia, general or special.
- 1911 September 1, “The Treatment of Summer Diarrhoea”, in Kentucky Medical Journal, volume 9, page 773:
- It is important that the intestinal tract be cleaned out thoroughly so that the bacteria may be mechanically eliminated, the undigested and maldigested and putrid products removed and the mucus carried off.
- 2014, Stephen Hauser, Mayo Clinic Gastroenterology and Hepatology Board Review:
- However, several specific peripheral mechanisms that perturb motor and sensory functions result in symptoms of IBS, including abnormal colonic transit and rectal evacuation; intraluminal intestinal irritants, such as maldigested carbohydrates or fats, an excess of bile acids, and gluten intolerance; altered bile acid synthesis; and alterations in the intestinal microbiome.
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Verb
maldigested
- simple past tense and past participle of maldigest