a. 能吸收的

n. 吸收剂

[化] 吸收剂; 吸收的; 有吸收本领的

[医] 吸收的, 吸收剂

Absorbent \Ab*sorb"ent\, a. [L. absorbens, p. pr. of absorbere.]
Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

{Absorbent ground} (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture,
chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil
is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.


Absorbent \Ab*sorb"ent\, n.
1. Anything which absorbs.

The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat. --Darwin.

2. (Med.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid
fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.;
also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the
absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated
parts.

3. pl. (Physiol.) The vessels by which the processes of
absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals,
the extremities of the roots in plants.