English

enterosorption

From entero- + sorption.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros ‘inside, within’

Ancient Greek ἔντερον ‘intestine’

Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- ‘to sip’

Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti ‘to be sipping, sucking’

Proto-Italic *sorβeō ‘to suck in’

Latin sorbeō ‘to suck in’

Today it means

noun The adsorption of (typically toxic) substances from the intestines by a sorbent (such as activated charcoal)

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / enterosorption