tr.v., -sorbed, also -sorbed, -sorb·ing, -sorb·ing, -sorbs, -sorbs.
To take up and chemically bind (a substance) onto the surface of another substance.
[Alteration of CHEMO- + (AB)SORB.]
chemisorption chem'i·sorp'tion (-sôrp'shən) n.
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