Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AB-SORB'ENT
AB-SORB'ENT, n.
In anatomy, a vessel which imbibes, as the lacteals, lymphatics, and inhaling arteries. In medicine, a testaceous powder, or other substance, which imbibes the humors of the body, as chalk or magnesia. – Encyc.
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