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imbibition

DEFINITIONS OF: imbibition

1

n the act of consuming liquids

Synonyms:
drinking, imbibing
Types:
gulping, guzzling, swilling
the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly
potation
the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink)
Type of:
consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

n (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel

Type of:
absorption, soaking up
(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
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