resorption
[ri-sawrp-shuh n, -zawrp-]
- the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
- Also called reabsorption. the selective uptake into the bloodstream of substances previously filtered out of the blood.
Origin of resorption
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The mechanism of resorption of bone does not seem different.
Evidently development frequently is arrested, and resorption may occur before ovulation.
resorption
- the process of resorbing or the state of being resorbed
- geology the partial or complete remelting or dissolution of a mineral by magma, resulting from changes in temperature, pressure, or magma composition
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Word Origin and History for resorption
n.
1670s, noun of action from resorb.
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resorption
(rē-sôrp′shən, -zôrp′-)
- The act or the process of resorbing.
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