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Meanings of absorptive in English

Portuguese
absorvente
Catalan
absorbent

Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)

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absorvente
Usage of absorptive in English
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I can only reason her absorptive appetites are drawing her to it.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
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A concomitant reduction in the number of absorptive enterocytes was observed.
Pubmed
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D-Glucose absorptive processes at the gastrointestinal tract of decapod crustaceans are largely under-investigated.
Pubmed
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We also found superior cytokine detection with absorptive matrices compared to nasal wash.
Pubmed
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The water absorptive capacity of the intestine was also measured.
Pubmed
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After ileoanal anastomosis the absorptive capability of the terminal ileum was not enhanced significantly.
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How may the absorptive power of a flour be determined?
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value
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Her eyes were the absorptive black of an event horizon.
The evolutionary void
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Both can result from perturbations in the flux of iron across the absorptive intestinal enterocyte.
Pubmed
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This absorptive function is taken advantage of by physicians who rub various medicaments into the skin.
Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
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However, a measurement of the absorptive power of carbon had erroneously led to too high a value.
Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations
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The soul is a fluid absorbed by matter in proportion to the absorptive power of the matter.
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
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As an absorptive storage organ, endosperm plays an essential role in support of embryo development and seedling germination.
Pubmed
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What happens in the intestines The intestine is a muscular tube lined by cells with an absorptive function.
The Irish Times
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Besides, the digestive and absorptive ability was different among the three groups in donor pigs and mice recipients.
Pubmed
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Here we design a Pt(II) pincer-type material with selective absorptive and emissive responses to methanol and water.
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Catalan
absorbent
Absorptive through the time