单词 | sorbefacient |
释义 | sorbefacientadj.n. A. adj. Causing or promoting absorption. ΚΠ 1847 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. B. n. A substance or preparation causing absorption. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > action or process of absorbing > [noun] > one who or that which absorbs like a sponge sponge1603 obsorbent1747 sorbefacient1873 1873 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 4) 154 The remedies supposed to act as sorbefacients are mercury and iodine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.n.1847 |
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