- the act of absorbing.
- the state or process of being absorbed.
- assimilation; incorporation: the absorption of small farms into one big one.
- uptake of substances by a tissue, as of nutrients through the wall of the intestine.
- a taking in or reception by molecular or chemical action, as of gases or liquids.
- the removal of energy or particles from a beam by the medium through which the beam propagates.
- complete attention or preoccupation; deep engrossment: absorption in one's work.
- the process of absorbing or the state of being absorbed
- physiol
- normal assimilation by the tissues of the products of digestion
- the passage of a gas, fluid, drug, etc, through the mucous membranes or skin
- a reduction of the intensity of any form of radiated energy as a result of energy conversion in a medium, such as the conversion of sound energy into heat
- the process of removing superfluous antibodies or antigens from a mixture using a reagent
