| MALABSORPTION | • malabsorption n. The state arising from abnormality in digestion or absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal tract. • MALABSORPTION n. faulty absorption esp. of nutrient materials from the gastrointestinal tract. |
| MALACOLOGICAL | • malacological adj. Of, or pertaining to, malacology. • MALACOLOGICAL adj. relating to malacology, the study of molluscs. |
| MALACOLOGISTS | • malacologists n. Plural of malacologist. • MALACOLOGIST n. a student of molluscs. |
| MALACOPHILIES | • MALACOPHILY n. pollination by snails. |
| MALACOPHILOUS | • malacophilous adj. (Botany) pollinated by snails or slugs. • MALACOPHILOUS adj. of plants, pollinated by snails. |
| MALACOSTRACAN | • malacostracan n. (Zoology) Any of very many crustaceans of the class Malacostraca. • MALACOSTRACAN n. any of a large subclass of crustaceans having a thorax consisting of eight segments usually covered by a carapace and including the decapods and isopods. |
| MALADAPTATION | • maladaptation n. (Evolutionary theory or psychology) The state of being poorly adapted to an environment. • MALADAPTATION n. poor or inadequate adaptation. |
| MALADAPTIVELY | • maladaptively adv. In a maladaptive manner. • MALADAPTIVE adv. marked by poor or inadequate adaptation. |
| MALADJUSTMENT | • maladjustment n. A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism. • maladjustment n. (Psychology) The inability to adapt oneself to the needs of others, or to the stresses of normal life. • MALADJUSTMENT n. poor, faulty, or inadequate adjustment. |
| MALADMINISTER | • maladminister v. To administer wrongly or badly. • MALADMINISTER v. to administer wrongly. |
| MALADROITNESS | • maladroitness n. The condition of being maladroit. • MALADROIT n. (French) clumsy, unskilful. |
| MALARIOLOGIES | • MALARIOLOGY n. the study of malaria. |
| MALARIOLOGIST | • malariologist n. Someone who studies malaria. • MALARIOLOGIST n. a specialist in malaria. |