absorption
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Imaging techniques showed that the antibiotics mainly accumulated in the plant's roots, suggesting that root absorption and filtration play a key role.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
Mice treated with the drug three weeks after surgery showed improved nutrient absorption and gained more weight compared to untreated mice.
From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026
Porkalob has the storyteller’s gift of total absorption.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
In 1989-90, he criticised the rapid absorption of East Germany into the West, fearing a revival of nationalism and expressing support for a more gradual process.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
The emission or absorption of one particle by another corresponds to the dividing or joining together of strings.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
Vocabulary lists containing absorption
Chemistry - Introductory
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Photosynthesis - Middle School
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Chemistry - High School
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