Medical term:
absorb
absorb
[ab-sorb´]1. to take in or assimilate, as to take up substances into or across tissues, e.g., the skin or intestine.
2. to stop particles of radiation energy so that their energy is totally transferred to the absorbing material.
3. to retain specific wavelengths of radiation incident upon a substance, either raising its temperature or changing the energy state of its molecules.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
ab·sorb
(ab-sōrb'), Do not confuse this word with adsorb.1. To take in by absorption.
2. To reduce the intensity of transmitted light.
[L. ab-sorbeo, pp. -sorptus, to suck in]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Absorb
Chemistry To take up a liquid or other substance by another.Physiology To assimilate, take in, as occurs in the GI tract, across the skin, and across the renal tubules.
Radiation physics To attenuate.
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ab·sorb
(ăb-sōrb')1. To take in by absorption.
2. To reduce the intensity of transmitted light.
[L. ab-sorbeo, pp. -sorptus, to suck in]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
ab·sorb
(ăb-sōrb') Do not confuse this word with adsorb.1. To take in by absorption.
2. To reduce the intensity of transmitted light.
[L. ab-sorbeo, pp. -sorptus, to suck in]
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
Absorbable
Pertaining or referring to surgical material—sutures, clips, ligatures—which disappears over time by hydrolysis, proteolysis or phagocytosis.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
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