absorbable

absorbable

English

Etymology

absorb +‎ -able. First attested in the the late 18th century..[1]

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əbˈsɔɹb.ə.bl̩/, /əbˈzɔɹb.ə.bl̩/

Adjective

absorbable (comparative more absorbable, superlative most absorbable)

1. Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

Translations

capable of being absorbed

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: absorbeerbaar (nl), aanleerbaar Finnish: imeytettävissä oleva French: absorbable (fr) German: absorbierbar Hungarian: felszívható, felszívásra képes Italian: assorbibile (it) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Manx: yn-sooit Portuguese: absorvível Romanian: absorbabil Russian: абсорби́руемый (ru) (absorbírujemyj) Spanish: absorbible (es)

Noun

absorbable (plural absorbables)

1. A material that can be absorbed.
   • 204, C. D. Johnson, ‎I. Taylor, Recent Advances in Surgery (volume 27, page 46)

     There is general agreement that nonabsorbable materials are better than absorbables. The most popular materials are polypropylene mesh and PTFE produced as a patch.

References

1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorbable”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

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French

Etymology

absorber +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.sɔʁ.babl/

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Adjective

absorbable (plural absorbables)

1. absorbable

Further reading

• “absorbable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.