Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being absorbed or imbibed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface
Etymologies
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Examples
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Poly-L-lactic acid is the same material used in absorbable sutures and offers an excellent safety profile.
Archive 2004-11-01 2004
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Poly-L-lactic acid is the same material used in absorbable sutures and offers an excellent safety profile.
Medpundit 2004
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If that's the case, they may have packed the scrotum with some kind of absorbable antibiotic impregnated material and that could be what I'm seeing.
Wired Campus 2010
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Abbott's bioabsorbable everolimus eluting coronary scaffold is made of polylactide, a proven biocompatible material that is commonly used in medical implants such as absorbable sutures.
unknown title 2009
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Abbott's bioabsorbable everolimus eluting coronary scaffold is made of polylactide, a proven biocompatible material that is commonly used in medical implants such as absorbable sutures.
Medgadget 2009
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If there is evidence of iron tablets in the stomach, lavage with a 1-5percent sodium bicarbonate solution may be instituted as it theoretically results in the formation of the less absorbable ferrous carbonate; however, clinical benefits are questionable.
Iron Poisoning 2010
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• Treatment: Rapidly absorbable sugar such as fruit juice, regular (not diet) soda, glucose tablets, glucose gel.
57% of diabetics occasionally skip insulin shots on purpose 2010
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Even if you were to bite off the smallest bit of it, the poison within is so mighty that you can't absorb it because it's simply not absorbable.
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His study concluded that while AdvaCAL was absorbable, it was inferior to Citracal by 20%.
FTC loses substantiation case because of good faith Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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His study concluded that while AdvaCAL was absorbable, it was inferior to Citracal by 20%.
Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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