exsorption

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noun

The movement of substances out of cells, especially the movement of substances out of the blood into the lumen of the intestine

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Meanings

nounexsorption (countable and uncountable, plural exsorptions)

plural exsorptions

  1. countableuncountableThe movement of substances out of cells, especially the movement of substances out of the blood into the lumen of the intestine

Origin

From ex- + sorption.

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APA

exsorption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsorption

MLA

“exsorption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsorption. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exsorption,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsorption.

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