| absorptive | 1. Anything which absorbs. "The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat." (Darwin) 2. <medicine> Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. G, iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts. 3. <physiology> The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| absorptive cells of intestine | Cell's on the surface of villi of the small intestine and the luminal surface of the large intestine that are characterised by having microvilli on their free surface. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absorptivity | Synonym: specific absorption coefficient, molar absorption coefficient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abstinence | <psychology> Self-denial, a voluntary refraining from the use of or indulgence in food, stimulants or sexual intercourse. (15 Jan 1998) |
| abstinence symptoms | A group of morbid symptom's, predominantly erethistic, occurring in an addict who is deprived of his accustomed dose of the addicting agent. Synonym: abstinence symptoms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abstinence syndrome | <syndrome> A constellation of physiologic changes undergone by persons or animals who have become physically dependent on a drug or chemical due to prolonged use at elevated doses, but who are abruptly deprived of that substance. The abstinence syndrome varies with the drug to which dependence has developed. Generally the effects observed are in an opposite direction from those produced by the drug; e.g., the withdrawal syndrome from central nervous system depressants such as barbiturates and benzodiazepines consists of insomnia, restlessness, tremulousness, hallucinations, and, in the extreme, tonic-clonic convulsions which may prove fatal. The onset time and severity of the abstinence syndrome depend upon how rapidly the drug disappears from the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abstract | 1. Withdraw; separate. "The more abstract . . . We are from the body." (Norris) 2. Considered apart from any application to a particular object; separated from matter; exiting in the mind only; as, abstract truth, abstract numbers. Hence: ideal; abstruse; difficult. 3. <logic> Expressing a particular property of an object viewed apart from the other properties which constitute it; opposed to concrete; as, honesty is an abstract word. Resulting from the mental faculty of abstraction; general as opposed to particular; as, "reptile" is an abstract or general name. "A concrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract name which stands for an attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by Locke, has gained currency from his example, of applying the expression "abstract name" to all names which are the result of abstraction and generalisation, and consequently to all general names, instead of confining it to the names of attributes." (J. S. Mill) 4. Abstracted; absent in mind. "Abstract, as in a trance. <psychology>" An abstract idea, an idea separated from a complex object, or from other ideas which naturally accompany it; as the solidity of marble when contemplated apart from its colour or figure. Abstract terms, those which express abstract ideas, as beauty, whiteness, roundness, without regarding any object in which they exist; or abstract terms are the names of orders, genera or species of things, in which there is a combination of similar qualities. <mathematics> Abstract numbers, numbers used without application to things, as 6, 8, 10; but when applied to any thing, as 6 feet, 10 men, they become concrete. Abstract or Pure mathematics. See Mathematics. Origin: L. Abstractus, p. P. Of abstrahere to draw from, separate; ab, abs + trahere to draw. See Trace. 1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away. "He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices." (Sir W. Scott) 2. To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his was wholly abstracted by other objects. "The young stranger had been abstracted and silent." (Blackw. Mag) 3. To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a quality or attribute. 4. To epitomize; to abridge. 5. To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till. "Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness." (W. Black) 6. <chemistry> To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts of a substance, by distillation or other chemical processes. In this sense extract is now more generally used. Origin: See Abstract. 1. That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief. "An abstract of every treatise he had read." (Watts) "Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled." (Ford) 2. A state of separation from other things; as, to consider a subject in the abstract, or apart from other associated things. 3. An abstract term. "The concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts "paternity" and "filiety."" (J. S. Mill) 4. <medicine> A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance. Abstract of title, an epitome of the evidences of ownership. Synonym: Abridgment, compendium, epitome, synopsis. See Abridgment. See: Abstract. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| abstract intelligence | The capacity to understand and manage abstract ideas and symbols. (05 Mar 2000) |
| abstracting and indexing | Shortening or summarizing of documents; assigning of descriptors for referencing documents. (12 Dec 1998) |
| abstraction | 1. The act of abstracting, separating, or withdrawing, or the state of being withdrawn; withdrawal. "A wrongful abstraction of wealth from certain members of the community." (J. S. Mill) 2. <psychology> The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the colour of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects. Abstraction is necessary to classification, by which things are arranged in genera and species. We separate in idea the qualities of certain objects, which are of the same kind, from others which are different, in each, and arrange the objects having the same properties in a class, or collected body. "Abstraction is no positive act: it is simply the negative of attention." (Sir W. Hamilton) 3. An idea or notion of an abstract, or theoretical nature; as, to fight for mere abstractions. 4. A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; as, a hermit's abstraction. 5. Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects. 6. The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining. 7. <chemistry> A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation. Origin: Cf. F. Abstraction. See Abstract. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| abstractitious | Obtained from plants by distillation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| abstriction | In fungi, the formation of asexual spores by cutting off portions of the sporophore through the growth of dividing partitions. Origin: L. Ab-, from, + strictura, a contraction (05 Mar 2000) |
| absurd | Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream. "This proffer is absurd and reasonless." (Shak) "'This phrase absurd to call a villain great." (Pope) (p. 9) Synonym: Foolish, irrational, ridiculous, preposterous, inconsistent, incongruous. Absurd, Irrational, Foolish, Preposterous. Of these terms, irrational is the weakest, denoting that which is plainly inconsistent with the dictates of sound reason; as, an irrational course of life. Foolish rises higher, and implies either a perversion of that faculty, or an absolute weakness or fatuity of mind; as, foolish enterprises. Absurd rises still higher, denoting that which is plainly opposed to received notions of propriety and truth; as, an absurd man, project, opinion, story, argument, etc. Preposterous rises still higher, and supposes an absolute inversion in the order of things; or, in plain terms, a "putting of the cart before the horse;" as, a preposterous suggestion, preposterous conduct, a preposterous regulation or law. Origin: L. Absurdus harsh-sounding; ab + (prob) a derivative fr. A root svar to sound; not connected with surd: cf. F. Absurde. See Syringe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ABS | engross (oneself) fully |
| ABS | take up, as of knowledge or beliefs |
| ABS | take in, also metaphorically |
| ABS | become imbued |
| ABS | take up, as of debts or payments |
| ABS | suck or take up or in |
| ABS | capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface |
| ABS | a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed |
| ABS | taken in through the pores of a surface |
| ABS | wholly absorbed as in thought |
| ABS | retained without reflection |