imbibition
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The scent of Thelephora fastidiosa is bad enough, but, like that of Coprinus picaceus, it is probably derived from the imbibition of the ordure on which it is developed.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
Surface-energy is also expressed in the powerful attractions for water exhibited in imbibition, swelling, capillarity, absorption, surface tensions, etc.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
I proceeded with the imbibition of Father McPhilpin's excellent tea.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
The most jovial of the celebrants tells of his early imbibition of red ink.
From The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron
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
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