English
absorbefacient
From absorb + -facient.
Formed from absorb + -facient
Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- ‘to sip’
…
Latin sorbeō ‘suck in, swallow’
Latin absorbeō ‘swallow up’
Old French assorbir
Middle French absorber
English absorb
Today it means
adj Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
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Etymograph / absorbefacient