sorb-, sorpt- +

Wound cleansing gel with antibacterial properties containing cadexomer iodine.

Imperfect absorption (of food material by the body).

Oral absorption of material.

Some substances, but no nutrients, can be absorbed from the mouth; some drugs; especially, alkaloids, can be absorbed through the oral mucosa.

A suture made form a material that is not absorbed by the body; such as, silk, silkworm gut, horsehair, certain synthetic materials, or wire.

Absorption from a site other than the gastrointestinal tract.

Absorption of a substance normally excreted; for example, urine, or of a product of disease processes; such as, pus, into the blood or lymph.

In the digestive process, hydrolyzation of proteins to their constituent amino acids in the walls of the intestines.

They are transported via the portal vein to the liver and then into the general circulation and to the tissues.

Each tissue synthesizes its own form of protein from the amino acids received from the blood.

To absorb anew or again; to take in again by absorption.

Absorption of digestive products that occurs in the small intestine; especially, the ileum.

Products of digestion absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract pass into either blood or lymph. The mesenteric veins unite to form the portal vein and to carry such blood to the liver, the mesenteric lymphatics are called lacteals because, during absorption of a fatty meal, the lymph they contain, called chyle, looks milky.

A substance or preparation causing absorption.

A whitish crystalline sugar that is an isomer of fructose and a fermentation product of sorbitol, used in the preparation of vitamin C.

Sorbitol is a white crystalline sweet alcohol extracted from the berries of the mountain ash tree, or manufactured synthetically, and used as a sweetener and in cosmetics, toiletries, and pharmaceuticals.

Absorption of water, alcohol, and some salts through the gastric mucosa.