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Resorption

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Resorption is a noun meaning The act of resorbing.

Meaning

The act of resorbing.

More Meanings

  1. The redissolving, wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed.
  2. (medicine) The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include amelioration, clearance, removal, reduction, elimination, absorption.

ameliorationclearanceremovalreductioneliminationabsorptionosteoclasticreabsorptionreuptakeincorporationassimilationuptakedemineralizationdecalcificationdegradationlysisdissolutioncatabolismsequestrationbreakdown

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