Imbibition meaning

ĭmbə-bĭshən
The act of imbibing.
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Absorption of fluid by a colloid or porous solid that often results in swelling.
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The absorption or adsorption of water by certain colloids, as in seeds, with resultant swelling of the tissues.
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The act of imbibing.
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Imbibition Sentence Examples

  • The vitality of these cells being altered there is imbibition and accumulation of watery fluid in their cytoplasm, causing swelling and vacuolation of the cells.

  • He proposes to support the strength by placing the patient in a tepid bath of nutritious liquids, that might enter by cutaneous imbibition, but does not recommend this.

  • It shows the greatest quantity of juice that may be expressed from canes, according to the different proportions of fibre they contain, but without employing maceration or imbibition, to which processes reference is made hereafter.

  • 0 „ triple to /o „ diffusion with 25% To prevent the serious loss of juice left in the megass by even the best double and triple crushing, maceration or imbibition was introduced.

  • The second operation is the coagulation of the albumen, and the separation of it with other impurities from the Maceration or Imbibition.

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