resorption
resorption · resorptions
Resorption
The act of resorbingThe act of resorbing.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of resorbing.
(countable, uncountable)The redissolving, wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed.
(countable, uncountable)The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material.
Resorption
More definitions
- the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
Translations
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By meaning 1
the loss and reassimilation of bone material:
Origin
By surface analysis, resorb + -tion.By surface analysis, resorb + -tion.
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Forms
plural: resorptions| Singular | resorption |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation:reabsorption
Word family
4 related wordsRelatedresorb
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable