imbibition

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)]

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)]