Definition of Absorbents

1. Noun. (plural of absorbent) ¹

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Definition of Absorbents

1. absorbent [n] - See also: absorbent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Absorbents

absorbed doses
absorbedly
absorbedness
absorbefacient
absorbencies
absorbency
absorbent
absorbent cotton
absorbent material
absorbent paper
absorbent papers
absorbent points
absorbent system
absorbent vessels
absorbently
absorbents (current term)
absorber
absorber head
absorberman
absorbermen
absorbers
absorbifacient
absorbing
absorbingly
absorbition
absorbitions
absorbs
absorbtance
absorbtivities
absorbtivity

Literary usage of Absorbents

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1837)
"Provisional Report on the Communication between the Arteries and absorbents on the part of the London Committee. By Dr. HODGKIN. The Committee had added to ..."

2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"The absorbents of Birds, as of Reptiles, differ from those of Mammals in having ... With respect to the disposition of the absorbents, they do not form in ..."

3. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"CHAPTER XIV TESTING absorbents AND GAS MASKS One of the first necessities in ... TESTING OP absorbents 1 absorbents should be tested for moisture, hardness, ..."

4. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"Of the absorbents. It would appear from experiments that the absorbents do absorb after ... It is most likely that every cavity of the body has absorbents, ..."

5. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1827)
"The operation is not new; but we understand the case was very ably managed by Mr. White. 32. CAUSTIC IK INFLAMMATION OF THE absorbents. ..."

6. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"The absorbents, from the rectum and colon of the left side, pass into their proper glands, or sometimes into the lumbar glands, and join the thoracic duct ..."

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