imbibition

Noun

im=bi=bi=tion

WORDNET DICTIONARY

imbibition(n = noun.process) Array - (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel; Array

Derived form verb imbibe₂

imbibition(n = noun.act) drinking, imbibing - the act of consuming liquids; Array

is a kind of consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake

has particulars: gulping, guzzling, swilling, potation

Derived form verb imbibe₃

imbibition, n. [Cf. F. imbibition.].

The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons. Bacon. [1913 Webster]