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  • adjective That is not able to be absorbed; not absorbable

Etymologies

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non- + absorbable

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Examples

  • About 40 percent of the patients who took rifaximin, a nonabsorbable antibiotic that stays in the gut, showed sustained relief during the two weeks they took the drug and during the 10-week follow-up period.

    Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Link Between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Bacteria M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010

  • About 40 percent of the patients who took rifaximin, a nonabsorbable antibiotic that stays in the gut, showed sustained relief during the two weeks they took the drug and during the 10-week follow-up period.

    Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: The Link Between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Bacteria M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010

  • "Potential generic competitors would find it challenging to demonstrate bioequivalence to a nonabsorbable drug," he says.

    DailyFinance Gene Marcial 2010

  • More than 1,200 patients participated in the Phase III, double-blind, multi-center studies of rifaximin, a nonabsorbable antibiotic that stays in the gut and is currently FDA-approved to treat traveler's diarrhea and hepatic encephalopathy.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • Slide 21: Operative Technique: Conventional Abdominal Approach • Hill suture plication: 3 interrupted nonabsorbable sutures between lesser curve of the stomach and preaortic fascia • Stamm gastrostomy: 2 functions 1.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • Slide 21: Operative Technique: Conventional Abdominal Approach • Hill suture plication: 3 interrupted nonabsorbable sutures between lesser curve of the stomach and preaortic fascia • Stamm gastrostomy: 2 functions 1.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • Carry out nerve anastomosis under a microscope, using 8-0 nonabsorbable sutures in

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

  • "A controlled trial in intensive care units of selective decontamination of the digestive tract with nonabsorbable antibiotics.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] Robert Badgett 2008

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