Meanings
adjectiveabsorptional (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to absorption.
It is, too, in this manner explicable why great bodily exertion is inimical to corpulence; the waste exceeds the amount of renovating materials supplied by the ingesta; hence, increased activity of absorptional function […]
1885, John Richard Wardell, Contributions to pathology and the practice of medicine
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latinab
- Latinab-
- Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
- Proto-Italic*sorβeō
- Latinsorbeō
- Latinabsorbeō
- Latinabsorptiō
- Englishabsorption
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishabsorptional
From absorption + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish absorpcyjny
- absorpcyjnyTranslations
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APA
absorptional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absorptional
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“absorptional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absorptional. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “absorptional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/absorptional.
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