ABSORBENTS
\ɐbsˈɔːbənts], \ɐbsˈɔːbənts], \ɐ_b_s_ˈɔː_b_ə_n_t_s]\
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[L.] A system of delicate vessels, pervading the entire body, whose function is to take up substances and convey them into the mass of the circulating fluid. Of these, the Lacteals [L. lac, milk] convey the chyle from the stomach and intestines ; the Lymphatics [L.] absorb all redundant matter throughout the body (Lymph). A drug which stimulates such vessels is called absorbent, e.g. calomel.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).