sorbefacient
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absorbefacient
[ab-sor″bĕ-fa´shent]causing absorption.
absorbent (def. 3).
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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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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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