Usually means: Binding of molecules to surface.
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  1. adsorb: Merriam-Webster
  2. adsorb: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. adsorb: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. adsorb: Collins English Dictionary
  5. adsorb: Vocabulary.com
  6. adsorb: Wordnik
  7. adsorb: Wiktionary
  8. adsorb: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. adsorb: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. adsorb: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. adsorb: Dictionary.com
  12. Adsorb: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. adsorb: Rhymezone
  14. adsorb: FreeDictionary.org
  15. adsorb: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  16. adsorb: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. adsorb: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. adsorb: Merriam-Webster

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  1. adsorb: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. adsorb: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. adsorb: Medical dictionary

(Note: See adsorbable as well.)

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verb:  (transitive, physical chemistry, physics) To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption.

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