absorbefacient

[ab-sawr-buh-fey-shuhnt, -zawr-]

ab·sor·be·fa·cient

[ab-sawr-buh-fey-shuhnt, -zawr-]
adjective
causing absorption.

Origin:
1870–75; absorb + -e- (as in liquefy, liquefaction) + -facient
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Absorbefacient has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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absorbefacient (əbˌsɔːbɪˈfeɪʃənt, -ˌzɔː-)
 
n
1.  a medicine or other agent that promotes absorption
 
adj
2.  causing or promoting absorption

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absorbefacient ab·sor·be·fa·cient (əb-sôr'bə-fā'shənt, -zôr'-)
adj.
Causing absorption.


ab·sor'be·fa'cient n.

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