IMBIBITION
\ɪmbɪbˈɪʃən], \ɪmbɪbˈɪʃən], \ɪ_m_b_ɪ_b_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of IMBIBITION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The action, by which a body becomes penetrated by a liquid. See Endosmose. Many of the phenomena of absorption are owing to imbibition.
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Double, Endosmose.
By Robley Dunglison
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The absorption of liquids.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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