RESORPTION

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


Noun

resorption (countable and uncountable, plural resorptions)

The act of resorbing.

The redissolving, wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed.

(medicine) The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material.

Anagrams

• portioners, reportions, serotropin

Source: Wiktionary


Re*sorp"tion (r*srp"shn), n.

Definition: The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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