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postabsorptive

postabsorptive adjective: following absorption of nutrients from the alimentary canal.

Adjective

postabsorptive (not comparable)

  1. Following absorption of nutrients from the alimentary canal

Origin of postabsorptive

From post- + absorptive.

Questions about postabsorptive

What does postabsorptive mean?
Postabsorptive means following absorption of nutrients from the alimentary canal.
What part of speech is postabsorptive?
Postabsorptive is an adjective.

Words near postabsorptive in the dictionary

  1. postablative
  2. postable
  3. postabortal
  4. postabortion
  5. postabortive
  6. postabsorptive
  7. postaccelerate
  8. postaccelerated
  9. postaccelerates
  10. postaccelerating
  11. postacceleration

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