1 [NEW!] Sports vocabulary : Words for popular American sports. [ 2 NEW!] Air Travel: Useful words for traveling on airplanes and through airports. 3  The Environment: Vocabulary related to environmental science and climate change.  Family members: Relatives and other important people.
diffusion coefficient see diffusion coefficient. coefficient of digestibility the proportion of a food that is digested compared to what is absorbed, expressed as a percentage. dilution coefficient a number that expresses the effectiveness of a disinfectant for a given organism.
Absorption is the movement of molecules across the gastrointestinal (GI) tract into the circulatory system. Most of the end-products of digestion, along with vitamins, minerals, and water, are absorbed in the small intestinal lumen by four mechanisms for absorption: (1) active transport, (2) passive diffusion, (3) endocytosis, and (4) facilitative diffusion.