malassimilation

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malassimilation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Malassimilation \Mal`as*sim`i*la"tion\, n. [Mal- +
     assimilation.] (Physiol.)
     (a) Imperfect digestion of the several leading constituents
         of the food.
     (b) An imperfect elaboration by the tissues of the materials
         brought to them by the blood.
         [1913 Webster]