Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sorbefacient \Sor`be*fa"cient\, a. [L. sorbere to suck in,
   absorb + faciens, p. pr. of facere to make.] (Med.)
   Producing absorption. -- n. A medicine or substance which
   produces absorption.

Source : WordNet®

sorbefacient
     adj : inducing or promoting absorption [syn: {absorbefacient}]