MALABSORPTION SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malabsorption syndrome mean? 

• MALABSORPTION SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun MALABSORPTION SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. a pattern of symptoms including loss of appetite and bloating and weight loss and muscle pain and steatorrhea; associated with celiac disease and sprue and cystic fibrosis

  Familiarity information: MALABSORPTION SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALABSORPTION SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pattern of symptoms including loss of appetite and bloating and weight loss and muscle pain and steatorrhea; associated with celiac disease and sprue and cystic fibrosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("malabsorption syndrome" is a kind of...):

syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)

 Context examples 

Patients present with symptoms of malabsorption syndrome, abdominal discomfort, and bloating.

(Pancreatic Insufficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

It is manifested with malabsorption syndrome.

(Autoimmune enteropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

It involves the small intestine, and patients usually present with malabsorption syndrome, abdominal pain, weight loss, and fever.

(Alpha Heavy Chain Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinically, there is no evidence of palpable hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, malabsorption syndrome, or pathologic fractures.

(Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Secondary hyperparathyroidism is caused by the chronic stimulation of the parathyroid glands in patients with chronic renal failure, rickets, and malabsorption syndromes.

(Hyperparathyroidism, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical symptoms include hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, portal hypertension, malabsorption syndrome, and pathologic fractures.

(Aggressive Systemic Mastocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)