Medical Dictionary

postabsorptive

adj post·ab·sorp·tive \-əb-ˈsrp-tiv\

Medical Definition of POSTABSORPTIVE

:  being in or typical of the period following absorption of nutrients from the alimentary canal <subjects in the postabsorptive state>

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