. A failure to absorb water in the large intestine can result in salt and sugar accumulation diarrhea and dehydration dehydration and sugar accumL stion sugar accumulation 31).A failure to absorb water in the large intestine can result in O salt and sugar accumulation O diarrhea and dehydration O dehydration and sugar accumustion sugaraccumulation
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