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Used mostly by chemists, the negative logarithm (base 10) of the transmittance of an absorbing sample, often corrected for reflection by its container. Despite its name, absorbance is a consequence of both scattering and absorption, although scattering is usually assumed to be negligible. To within a constant multiplier, absorbance is absorption optical thickness and depends on the physical thickness of the sample. Compare absorptance.
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| absorbed dose |
The amount of radiation energy absorbed, especially by human tissue; measured in rads.
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| absorb |
to obtain food by taking up water and dissolved substances across a membrane; this is how fungi operate = OSMOTROPHIC (cf. INGEST).
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| absorbable suture |
Suture material that can be placed below the skin that the body will absorb by itself over time.
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| absorb |
To take up or receive by chemical or molecular action.
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