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What is absorption ?

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The process of absorbing or assimilating/in taking substances into cells or across the tissues and organs through diffusion or osmosis, as in absorption of nutrients by the digestive system, or absorption of drugs into the bloodstream.

Eg:- During digestion the food molecules gets broken in to smaller particles and is absorbed while passing through small intestine.this absorbed nutrients will be used by different parts of our body.

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