ABSORPTION

n. For deriv., see AB- SORBENT, Gr., dvappédyois, ävappoiBônous. Lat., absorptio. Fr., absorption. Ger., Aujsaugung. It.,as sorb i men to, Sp., absorcion. In general, the act or proce of absorbing; the imbibition of nutritive or other material by a living organism; the proce of taking up waste or effete material into the general circulation. [A, B, C, KA. band. See 4. spectrumM.—A. chyle use (Fr.). Syn.: pénctration du chyle. See Chylous a.—A. eoétticient. See Coéficient of a—A. cut anée (Fr.), See Cutaneous a.— A, décompos ante (Fr.). See Internal a.—A. de composition (Fr.), See External a.—A. de décomposition, A. de nutrition (Fr.). See Internal a.—A. externe (Fr.), See Hxternai a.—A. interne, A. interstitielle (Fr.). See Jnternala.—A. lines. See A. SPECTRUM. —A. lymph at i que (Fr.). See Lymphatic a.—A. of composition. Sce External a.—A. of decomposition, A. of disa imilation. See Internal a.—A. pathologique (Fr.). See Pathotogical a—A. pulmonaire (Fr.). See Pulmonary a—A. récrémentitielle (Fr.). See Recrementitial a.—A. res pir a to ire (Fr.). See Pulmonary a.—A’scoé ficient (Ger.). See Cudgicient of a.— (Ger.). Absorptive.—A. spectrum. See under SPECtTRUM.—A/’ treif (Ger.). Ana. band. See A. specrrum.— adual a. or atrophy of a part from long-continued pre ure, as rom an aneurysm, [K.]—Pulmonary a. A. by the respiratory mucous membrane. —Purulent a. <A term sometimes applied to pyemia. [D.]—Recrementitial a. The a. of surplus secretions, such as mucus, synovia, etc. [K, 3.]—Respiratory a. See Pulmonary a.—Uleerative a. Thea. by which an uicer forms or increases in extent.—Venous a. A. by the veins.