absorbable

Etymology
From. .

Adjective

 * 1) Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, aanleerbaar
 * Finnish: imeytettävissä oleva
 * French:
 * German: absorbierbar
 * Hungarian: felszívható, felszívásra képes
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Manx: yn-sooit
 * Portuguese: absorvível
 * Romanian: absorbabil
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) A material that can be absorbed.
 * 2) * 204, C. D. Johnson, I. Taylor, Recent Advances in Surgery (volume 27, page 46)
 * There is general agreement that nonabsorbable materials are better than absorbables. The most popular materials are polypropylene mesh and PTFE produced as a patch.

Etymology
From.