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reabsorption

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re⋅ab⋅sorp⋅tion

  [ree-ab-sawrp-shuhn, -zawrp-]
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–noun
resorption (def. 2).

re⋅sorp⋅tion

  [ri-sawrp-shuhn, -zawrp-]
–noun
1. the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
2. Also called reabsorption. the selective uptake into the bloodstream of substances previously filtered out of the blood.
Origin:
1810–20; re- + (ab)sorption; cf. F résorption
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re·ab·sorb   (rē'əb-sôrb', -zôrb')   
v.   re·ab·sorbed, re·ab·sorb·ing, re·ab·sorbs

v.   tr.

  1. To absorb again.

  2. To accommodate or accept again, as into a group or category: The economy cannot reabsorb all of the refugees into the workforce.

v.   intr.
To undergo resorption.
re'ab·sorp'tion (-sôrp'shən, -zôrp'-) n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·ab·sorp·tion
Pronunciation: -'sorp-sh&n, -'zorp-
Function: noun
: the act, process, or condition of absorbing againor of being absorbed again

Main Entry: re·sorp·tion
Pronunciation: (')rE-'sorp-sh&n, -'zorp-
Function: noun
: the action or process of resorbing something<resorption of a tooth root>
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resorption re·sorp·tion (rē-sôrp'shən, -zôrp'-)
n.
The act or process of resorbing.

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