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re⋅sorb

  [ri-sawrb, -zawrb]
Use resorb in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
to absorb again, as an exudation.
Origin:
1630–40; < L resorbēre, equiv. to re- re- + sorbēre to swallow, suck up

Related forms:
re⋅sorb⋅ence, noun
re⋅sorb⋅ent, adjective
re⋅sorp⋅tion  [ri-sawrp-shuhn, -zawrp-] , noun
re⋅sorp⋅tive  [ri-sawrp-tiv, -zawrp-] , adjective
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re·sorb   (rē-sôrb', -zôrb')   
v.   re·sorbed, re·sorb·ing, re·sorbs

v.   tr.

  1. To absorb again.

  2. Biology To dissolve and assimilate (bone tissue, for example).

v.   intr.
To undergo resorption.

[Latin resorbēre, to suck back : re-, re- + sorbēre, to suck up.]
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Word Origin & History

resorb 
1640, from L. resorbere "to suck back," from re- "back, again" + sorbere "to suck" (see absorb).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·sorb
Pronunciation: (')rE-'so(&)rb, -'zo(&)rb
Function: transitive verb
: to break down and assimilate (something previouslydifferentiated) <resorbed bone> resorb intransitive senses
: to undergo resorption resorbs after some days> —re·sorb·a·ble /-'so(&)r-b&-b&l, -'zo(&)r-/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

resorb re·sorb (rē-sôrb', -zôrb')
v. re·sorbed, re·sorb·ing, re·sorbs

  1. To absorb again.

  2. To dissolve and assimilate such things as bone tissue.

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