a. [f. ABSORB + -ABLE.] Capable of being absorbed or imbibed.
1779. Ingenhousz, Inflamm. Air, in Phil. Trans., LXIX. 385. Which … might more properly be called vapour, as it is absorbable by water.
1859. Lewes, Physiol. of Com. Life, I. iii. 208. Liquid albumen is very slightly absorbable and not at all assimilable; but when acted on in the stomach, it becomes readily absorbable and assimilable.
