RESORB

reabsorb, resorb

(verb) undergo resorption

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

resorb (third-person singular simple present resorbs, present participle resorbing, simple past and past participle resorbed)

(transitive) To absorb (something) again.

(intransitive) To undergo resorption.

(biology, transitive) To dissolve (bone, sinew, suture, etc.) and assimilate it.

Anagrams

• Borers, Sorber, borers

Source: Wiktionary


Re*sorb" (r-srb"), v. t. Etym: [L. reorbere; pref. re- re- + sorbere to suck or drink in.]

Definition: To swallow up. Now lifted by the tide, and now resorbed. Young.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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