Hypertext Webster Gateway: "resorption"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Resorption \Re*sorp"tion\ (r?*s?rp"sh?n), n.
The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again;
reabsorption.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Resorption \Re*sorp"tion\ (r[-e]*s[^o]rp"sh[u^]n), n.
(Petrography)
The redissolving wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an
igneous rock, of crystals previously formed. The dissolved
material may again solidify, giving rise to a mass of small
crystals, usually of a different kind.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
resorption
n : the organic process in which the substance of some
differentiated structure that has been produced by the
body undergoes lysis and assimilation [syn: {reabsorption}]
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