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Definition of Sorbefacient

1. Adjective. Inducing or promoting absorption.

Definition of Sorbefacient

1. a. Producing absorption.

Definition of Sorbefacient

1. Adjective. (medicine) Producing absorption. ¹

2. Noun. A medicine or substance that produces absorption. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Sorbefacient

1. Producing absorption. A medicine or substance which produces absorption. Origin: L. Sorbere to suck in, absorb + faciens, p.pr. Of facere = to make. (04 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Sorbefacient

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Practical Medicine by William Pepper, Louis Starr (1886)
"Some gentlemen have more confidence in what I will term the sorbefacient medicines and processes of treatment. Thev endeavor to institute measures that will ..."

2. A Treatise on the principles and practice of medicine: Designed for the Use by Austin Flint (1868)
"Mercury has been supposed to be useful by a sorbefacient operation here, ... Its power as a sorbefacient remedy haa doubtless been much overrated, ..."

3. A System of Surgery: Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Operative by Samuel David Gross (1859)
"The article is a powerful sorbefacient, and is therefore worthy of trial, ... Among the more important topical remedies are leeches, and sorbefacient ..."

4. A System of Surgery: Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Operative by Samuel David Gross (1862)
"The article is a powerful sorbefacient, and is therefore worthy of trial, ... Among the more important topical remedies are leeches, and sorbefacient ..."

5. A System of Surgery: Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Operative by Samuel David Gross (1866)
"The article is a powerful sorbefacient, and is therefore worthy of trial, ... Among the more important topical remedies are leeches, and sorbefacient ..."

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