The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
REABSORPTION
resorption, reabsorption
(noun) the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
reabsorption (countable and uncountable, plural reabsorptions)
(physics) The subsequent absorption of emitted radiation.
(physiology) The subsequent absorption of a secreted substance.
Anagrams
• probationers, reprobations
Source: Wiktionary
Re`ab*sorp"tion, n.
Definition: The act or process of rearbsorbing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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