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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Malassimilation

Malassimilation \Mal`as*sim`i*la"tion\, n. [Mal- + assimilation.] (Physiol.)

  1. Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of the food.

  2. An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials brought to them by the blood.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
malassimilation

also mal-assimilation, 1840, from mal- + assimilation.

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malassimilation

n. 1 Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents of food. 2 An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials brought to them by the bloodstream.