imbibition
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Theories are put forward, most learned theories, introducing capillary action, osmosis and cellular imbibition, to explain why the caulicle ascends and the radical descends.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
A third effect of increasing acidity is that it induces increased imbibition of water by the colloidal gel and causes swelling of the tissue.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
The glands secrete a yellowish viscid fluid, by *The distinction between true absorption and mere permeation, or imbibition, is by no means clearly understood: see Mller's 'Physiology,' Eng. translat.
From Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin
Surface-energy is also expressed in the powerful attractions for water exhibited in imbibition, swelling, capillarity, absorption, surface tensions, etc.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
The endocardium may be stained from the imbibition of blood.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
