imbibition
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imbibition
[im″bĭ-bish´un]absorption of a liquid.
im·bi·bi·tion
(im'bi-bish'ŭn),1. Absorption of fluid by a solid body without resultant chemical change in either.
2. Taking up of water by a gel, thereby increasing its size.
[L. im-bibo, to drink in (in + bibo)]
imbibition
/im·bi·bi·tion/ (im″bĭ-bish´un) absorption of a liquid.im·bi·bi·tion
(im'bi-bish'ŭn)1. Absorption of fluid by a solid body without resultant chemical change in either.
2. Taking up of water by a gel.
[L. im-bibo, to drink in (in + bibo)]
imbibition
The taking up of fluid as by absorption into a gel.imbibition
the uptake of water by, for example, the dry seed, that causes GERMINATION to start. The process is due, not to SELECTIVE PERMEABILITY through a membrane, but rather to the property of water ADSORPTION by colloidal particles such as cellulose, pectin and cytoplasmic proteins, using chemical and electrostatic attraction.im·bi·bi·tion
(im'bi-bish'ŭn)1. Absorption of fluid by a solid body without resultant chemical change in either.
2. Taking up of water by a gel.
[L. im-bibo, to drink in (in + bibo)]
imbibition (im´bibish´ən),
n the absorption of liquid. Gel structures are particularly susceptible to imbibition.
imbibition
absorption of a liquid.