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noun
The subsequent absorption of emitted radiation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The subsequent absorption of a secreted substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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noun
the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: resorption
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic process, biological process
History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h2ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h2epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebh- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobhéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin absorptiōder. English absorption English reabsorption From re- + absorption.
