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| sop |
to soak up (a liquid) by absorption (usu. fol. by "up"). [1/6 definitions] |
| swell |
to increase in volume by inflation, absorption, internal pressure, growth, or the like; expand; distend. [1/19 definitions] |
| trance |
a state of absorption, detachment, or concentration that causes lack of awareness of or reaction to one's surroundings. [1/4 definitions] |
| uptake |
in physiology, a tissue's or organ's absorption of, or capacity to absorb, a chemical substance. [1/2 definitions] |
| vitamin D |
in human nutrition, a sterol produced in the liver, or any of several closely related sterols found in fish, eggs, or fortified milk, required for proper bone development and calcium absorption. |
| weak interaction |
a weak force between elementary particles that is responsible for beta decay, neutrino absorption and emission, and some particle decay. (Cf. strong interaction.) |
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