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Webster 1913 Edition


Malassimilation

Malˊas-simˊi-la′tion

,
Noun.
[
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.