filtrate

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The stalactites - hundreds of mineral formations hanging like melted candle wax above us which naturally filtrate the rainwater - are being clogged by cement dust, he says.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

Additionally, the loop of Henle invades the renal medulla, which is naturally high in salt concentration and tends to absorb water from the renal tubule and concentrate the filtrate.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

This filtrate, which includes glucose, is then reabsorbed in another part of the kidney.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

As the filtrate passes down the tubules, nutrients and other solutes are reabsorbed by capillaries.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The filtrate and the liquid mixture formed by mixing the pus with five hundred times its own weight of water retained their virulence undiminished.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various