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having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up (liquids); "as absorbent as a sponge"

a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance

having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up (liquids); "as absorbent as a sponge"

a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance

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.

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.

Anything which drinks, soaks, or takes, in.

Swallowing or taking in; as, absorbent cotton.

Imbibing: swallowing.

That which absorbs.

Apt for absorbing.

Absorbing, or tending to absorb.

Something that absorbs.

That which absorbs. Absorbent System is the collection of vessels, Vasa absorben'tia seu resorbentia and glands, which concur in the exercise of absorption. A medicine used for absorbing acidity in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, &c. Also, any substance, such as cobweb, sponge, &c., which, when applied to a bleeding surface, retains the blood, and forms with it a solid and adhesive compound, which arrests the hemorrhage.

Sucking up; taking up by suction.

A lacteal or lymphatic.

A medicine producing absorption of diseased tissue.

Sucking up.

A lacteal, lymphatic, or other absorbing vessel.

A medicine or dressing that favors a sucking up. [Lat.]

n. A substance or a bodily organ which absorbs.

A medicine that sucks up humours.