ABSORBABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does absorbable mean? 

• ABSORBABLE (adjective)
  The adjective ABSORBABLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface

  Familiarity information: ABSORBABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSORBABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface

Antonym:

adsorbable (capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid)

Derivation:

absorb (suck or take up or in)

 Context examples 

An isotonic, sterile, absorbable adhesion barrier gel composed of polyethylene oxide and sodium carboxymethylcellulose, with protective activity.

(Absorbable Adhesion Barrier Gel, NCI Thesaurus)

A naturally occurring, indigestible and non-absorbable oligosaccharide produced by certain plants with prebiotic and potential anticancer activity.

(Inulin, NCI Thesaurus)

In regional chemotherapy, absorbable gelatin sponge may be used to embolize arteries in the region of a tumor in order to block or retard blood flow; this blockage results in a locally increased concentration of chemotherapeutic agents delivered to the tumor when chemotherapeutic agents are infused into the embolized arterial circulation upstream of the blockage.

(Absorbable Gelatin Sponge, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon application of a single layer into the uterine cavity at the end of any hysteroscopic surgery, the absorbable adhesion barrier gel may provide a protective barrier which protects the traumatized tissue and allows for healing.

(Absorbable Adhesion Barrier Gel, NCI Thesaurus)