Maldigest
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Maldigest is a verb meaning (medicine) To digest poorly or in a less than perfect way.
Meaning
(medicine) To digest poorly or in a less than perfect way.
Example Sentences
Healthy humans may maldigest or malabsorb carbohydrates.
I wouldn't want my sister to marry a Communist, and force me to maldigest my Sunday morning bagel arguing dialectics with a sectarian brother-in-law.
In the United States, nearly 100 percent of Asian Americans and Native Americans maldigest lactose because their amount of lactase activity is very low.
Word Forms
- maldigests
- maldigesting
- maldigested
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misdigest, maladjust, misedit, misallot, mismangle, misabsorb.
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