Imbibition

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  • noun. The act of imbibing.
  • noun. Absorption of fluid by a colloid or porous solid that often results in swelling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of imbibing; the absorption of a liquid into the passages or pores of a body.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the act of imbibing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel
  • noun. the act of consuming liquids
  • Word Usage
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