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absorbable

adj
/əbˈsɔɹb.ə.bl̩/US

Etymology

From absorb + -able. First attested in the late 18th century.

  1. derived from *srebʰ-✻
  2. derived from absorbeō — “swallow up”
  3. derived from assorbir
  4. derived from absorber
  5. suffixed as absorbable — “absorb + able”

Definitions

  1. Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

  2. A material that can be absorbed.

    • There is general agreement that nonabsorbable materials are better than absorbables. The most popular materials are polypropylene mesh and PTFE produced as a patch.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for absorbable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA