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Sorbefacient

Sôr'be-fā'cient, n.

noun

(-fā'shent), n. [See infra.] (Med.) A medicine which produces absorption.

Sôr'be-fā'cient, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. sorbere, to suck in, absorb, and faciens, p. pr. of facere, to make.] (Med.) Producing absorption.