The action (by a part of the body, a plant, etc.) of taking in liquids or nutrients; absorption. Cf. attract, v. 4a. Now historical and rare.
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| 释义 | the world > life > biology > biological processes > absorption or assimilation (of a substance, etc.) > [noun] (14) attraction?a1425 The action (by a part of the body, a plant, etc.) of taking in liquids or nutrients; absorption. Cf. attract, v. 4a. Now historical and rare. likening?a1425 The absorption or digestion of food or nutrients. Cf. assimilation, n. 4a. Obsolete. assimilation1626 Conversion into a similar substance; esp. the process whereby an animal or plant converts extraneous material into fluids and tissues identical with… insumption1676 the action or process of taking in, absorption. absorption1737 Physiology. The taking up of a substance by an organ, tissue, or cell; spec. the process by which nutrients pass from the lumen of the intestine… intussusception1765 Physiology and Biology. The taking in of foreign matter by a living organism and its conversion into organic tissue. In Plant Physiology (see… introsusception1816 Physiology and Biology. = intussusception, n. 2. inceptiona1849 The action of taking in, as an organism. uptake1931 Absorption or incorporation by a living system. Also transferred. Subcategories:— that which has been absorbed (1) — oxygen pressure which affects its uptake (1) — infiltration or permeation (1) — suction (2) |
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