"maldigest" meaning in English

See maldigest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: maldigests [present, singular, third-person], maldigesting [participle, present], maldigested [participle, past], maldigested [past]
Etymology: mal- + digest Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mal|digest}} mal- + digest Head templates: {{en-verb}} maldigest (third-person singular simple present maldigests, present participle maldigesting, simple past and past participle maldigested)
  1. (medicine) To digest poorly or in a less than perfect way. Categories (topical): Medicine Related terms: maldigestion
    Sense id: en-maldigest-en-verb-0amlsJE8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mal- Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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