resorption
the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.
Also called re·ab·sorp·tion [ree-ab-sawrp-shuhn, -zawrp-] /ˌri æbˈsɔrp ʃən, -ˈzɔrp-/ . the selective uptake into the bloodstream of substances previously filtered out of the blood.
Origin of resorption
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How to use resorption in a sentence
In some cases want of milk in the breasts seems to be due to its reabsorption.
The Physical Life of Woman: | Dr. George H NapheysSurely they are the wise who seek Nirvana; who insist not upon themselves, but wait absorption —reabsorption—into the infinite.
A Florida Sketch-Book | Bradford TorreySecretions in ductless and sac filling glands are for reabsorption.
The White Spark | Orville Livingston LeachItaly, on the other hand, had for her task the reabsorption of a bygone culture.
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7) | John Addington SymondsThe conviction of the final reabsorption into deity, conditions also the belief in the emanation of the ego from deity.
Akbar, Emperor of India | Richard von Garbe
British Dictionary definitions for resorption
/ (rɪˈsɔːpʃən) /
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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