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Meaning Of Absorbent
a.
Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
n.
Anything which absorbs.
n.
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.
n.
The vessels by which the processes of absorption are
carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots
in plants.