Sorbefacient

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Producing absorption. dated

    "sorbefacient effects"

Adjective
  1. 1
    inducing or promoting absorption wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A medicine or substance that produces absorption. dated

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin sorbere (“to suck in, absorb”) + faciens, p.pr. of facere (“to make”).

Etymology 2

From Latin sorbere (“to suck in, absorb”) + faciens, p.pr. of facere (“to make”).

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