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▸ adjective:  Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
▸ noun:  Anything which absorbs.
▸ noun:  (physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
▸ noun:  (medicine) 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.
▸ noun:  (physical chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.







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