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Definition of Absorbefacient
1. Adjective. Inducing or promoting absorption.
Definition of Absorbefacient
1. Adjective. (context: medicine) That induces absorption (of a drug). ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Absorbefacient
1. 1. Causing absorption. 2. Any substance possessing such quality. Origin: L. Ab-sorbeo, to suck in, + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Absorbefacient
Literary usage of Absorbefacient
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1885)
"... and free iodine—absorbefacient. 1. The evaporation of the ether and alcohol
produces a degree of cold sufficient for the time being to drive the blood ..."
2. Therapeutics: Its Principles and Practice by Horatio Charles Wood (1908)
"... especially when there were severe rheumatic, neuralgic, or night-paint It has
also been employed as an absorbefacient substitute for ..."
3. A Handbook of uterine therapeutics and of diseases of women by Edward John Tilt (1868)
"... as its demulcent, detergent, and absorbefacient properties render it very
superior to lard and the other excipients which are commonly used. ..."
4. On the action of medicines in the system by Frederick William Headland (1868)
"But this absorbefacient action has doubtless been much exaggerated. By its action-
in neutralizing poisons in the blood it is able to disperse any tumors ..."
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