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Absorption(health)
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Absorption spectrum(health)
external absorption(medicine)
interstitial absorption(medicine)
pathologic absorption(medicine)

absorption (iou)



absorption noun. L16.
[Latin absorptio(n-), from absorpt- pa. ppl stem of absorbere ABSORB: see -ION.]
The swallowing up or engulfing of bodies. L16-M18.
Disappearance through incorporation in something else. M18.
The chemical or physical process of absorbing substances, energy, light, etc. M18.
b. Physiology. The taking up of fluids or dissolved substances by living tissue; esp. the taking of digested contents of the intestine into the blood and lymphatic system. M18.
Engrossment of the mind or faculties. M19.
Mental assimilation. M20.
Comb.: absorption costing a method of calculating the cost of a product or enterprise by taking into account indirect expenses (overheads) as well as direct costs; absorption spectrum a spectrum of electromagnetic radiation transmitted through a substance, characteristically showing lines or bands due to absorption at particular wavelengths.