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absorbefacient

 [ab-sor″bĕ-fa´shent]
causing absorption.
absorbent (def. 3).
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

sor·be·fa·cient

(sōr'bĕ-fā'shĕnt),
1. Causing absorption.
2. An agent that causes or facilitates absorption.
[L. sorbeo, to suck up, + facio, to make]
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sorbefacient

(sôr′bə-fā′shənt)
adj.
Promoting absorption. Used of a medicine or agent.
sor′be·fa′cient n.
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sor·be·fa·cient

(sōr'bĕ-fā'shĕnt)
1. Causing absorption.
2. An agent that causes or facilitates absorption.
[L. sorbeo, to suck up, + facio, to make]
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