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Definition of Absorbent

Absorbent Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. Anything which absorbs. Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts. The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. Related Definitions: Absorbent, Absorbing, Absorption, Absorptive, Acid, Also, And, Any, Anything, Are, As, By, Carried, Chalk, Enlarged, Extremities, Fluid, In, Indurated, Iodine, Magnesia, Of, On, Reduce, So, Stomach, Substance, Swallowing, The, To, Which

Absorbent Translations absorbent in Dutch is absorberend absorbent in French is absorbant absorbent in Portuguese is absorvente absorbent in Spanish is absorbente absorbent in Swedish is absorberande

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