Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or quality of being absorbable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state or quality of being absorbable.

Etymologies

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absorb +‎ -ability

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Examples

  • The study he conducted compared absorbability of calcium between AdvaCAL and Citracal, another supplement.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • The study he conducted compared absorbability of calcium between AdvaCAL and Citracal, another supplement.

    FTC loses substantiation case because of good faith Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • From a practical standpoint, measurable beneficial effects are more important than controversies regarding absorbability and/or bioavailability.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • This absorbability puts vitamin K2 at greater risk of interfering with Coumadin, which is a vitamin K antagonist.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • It does, however, require it to be tested for chemical identity, purity, potency, and absorbability.

    Q&A: Are generic drugs tested for safety and efficacy? 2009

  • It does, however, require it to be tested for chemical identity, purity, potency, and absorbability.

    Q&A: Are generic drugs tested for safety and efficacy? 2009

  • You might want to consider adding some krill oil to your regimen because of its greater absorbability and extra anti-inflammatory properties.

    Ditch your NSAID meds | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006

  • You might want to consider adding some krill oil to your regimen because of its greater absorbability and extra anti-inflammatory properties.

    Michael R. Eades, M.D.: Ditch your NSAID meds 2006

  • In the late thirties, Blackett continued his researches on the cosmic radiation and, using a still further improved Wilson apparatus, made extensive accurate measurements concerning the momentum distribution, absorbability, etc. of this radiation.

    Nobel Prize in Physics 1948 - Presentation Speech 1964

  • Their joint work embraced: investigations on beta-rays, their absorbability, magnetic spectra, etc.; use of the radioactive recoil, discovered shortly before by Hahn, to obtain new radioactive transformation products.

    Otto Hahn - Biography 1964

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