The net movement (transport) of water and solutes from outside a cell or an organism to the interior.

The taking up of matter in bulk by other matter, as in dissolving of a gas by a liquid.

The property of a dielectric in a capacitor which causes a small charging current to flow after the plates have been brought up to the final potential, and a small discharging current to flow after the plates have been short-circuited, allowed to stand for a few minutes, and short-circuited again. Also known as dielectric soak.

Taking up of energy from radiation by the medium through which the radiation is passing.

Entrance of surface water into the lithosphere.

1. Removal of antibodies from an antiserum by addition of antigen.

2. Removal of antigens from a mixture by addition of antibodies.

The process by which the quantity of particles entering a body is reduced by their interaction with the matter.

Passage of a chemical substance, a pathogen, or radiant energy through a body membrane.