imbibition
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I mean to tinct C in sand-heat to-morrow, And give him imbibition.
From The Alchemist by Ben Jonson
The glands secrete a yellowish viscid fluid, by *The distinction between true absorption and mere permeation, or imbibition, is by no means clearly understood: see Mller's 'Physiology,' Eng. translat.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
The endocardium may be stained from the imbibition of blood.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
But if all one's truth is derived by imbibition from the Church, the faculties for receiving truth are not only undeveloped but one's whole view of truth becomes distorted.
From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Henry Drummond
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.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
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