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resorption

Noun

re=sorp=tion

WORDNET DICTIONARY

resorption(n = noun.process) reabsorption - the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation; Array

is a kind of biological process, organic process

Derived form verb resorb₁

resorption, n.

The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption. [1913 Webster]
The redissolving wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed. The dissolved material may again solidify, giving rise to a mass of small crystals, usually of a different kind. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

resorption, n.
1 the act or an instance of resorbing; the state of being resorbed.
2 the absorption of tissue within the body.

Derivative

resorptive adj.

Etymology

RESORB after absorption

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