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syndrome

In medicine, a set of signs and symptoms that always occur together, thus characterizing a particular condition or disorder.



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Conditions that cause defective utilization of nutrients include malabsorption syndrome, short-bowel syndrome, and Crohn''s disease.
The short-bowel syndrome (SBS) is a disorder culminating in severe malabsorption usually from functional or anatomical loss of small intestinal length.
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