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adsorbent

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adsorbent /ad·sor·bent/ (ad-sor´bent)
1. pertaining to or characterized by adsorption.
2. a substance that attracts other materials or particles to its surface by adsorption.
ad·sor·bent (d-zôrbnt)
adj.
Capable of adsorption.
n.
1. An adsorptive substance.
2. A pharmacological substance capable of attaching other substances to its surface without any chemical action.
3. An antigen or antibody used in immune adsorption.
adsorbent
[adsôr′bənt]
a substance, such as activated charcoal, that takes up another by the process of adsorption, as by the attachment of one substance to the surface of the other.
adsorbent (adsor´bnt),
adj a substance that adsorbs, such as activated charcoal and clay.
adsorbent
1. pertaining to or characterized by adsorption.
2. a substance that attracts other materials or particles to its surface.
gastrointestinal adsorbent
a substance, usually a powder, administered to adsorb gases, toxins and bacteria in the stomach and intestines. Examples include activated charcoal and kaolin.


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