short-bowel syndrome

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A loss of intestinal surface for absorption of nutrients caused by the surgical removal of a section of bowel.

Any of the malabsorption conditions resulting from massive resection of the small bowel, the degree and kind of malabsorption depending on the site and extent of the resection; it is characterized by diarrhea, steatorrhea and malnutrition.