imbibition
Example Sentences
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The pellicle prevents imbibition, diffusion, and the consequent disintegration.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
No blood-vessels pass into these tissues; the cells derive their nourishment by the imbibition of the plasma of the blood exuded into the subjacent tissue.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
On this depends the capacity for the absorption or imbibition in the plasm, and the mobility of its molecules, which is very important for the performance of the vital actions.
From Are the Planets Inhabited? by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
Theories are put forward, most learned theories, introducing capillary action, osmosis and cellular imbibition, to explain why the caulicle ascends and the radical descends.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
A division is sometimes made into Mandibulate and Haustellate groups, the oral apparatus of the former being adapted for mastication, the latter for imbibition of liquid food.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
