REABSORB

reabsorb, resorb

(verb) undergo resorption

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

reabsorb (third-person singular simple present reabsorbs, present participle reabsorbing, simple past and past participle reabsorbed)

To absorb again.

Anagrams

• Barberos, absorber

Source: Wiktionary


Re`ab*sorb", v. t.

Definition: To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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