noun
Meaning 1
The act of resorbing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: resorbence
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
resorption
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noun
Meaning 2
The redissolving, wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
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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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reabsorption
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic process, biological process
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, resorb + -tion.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: resorptie — the loss and reassimilation of bone material
- French: résorption — the loss and reassimilation of bone material
- German: Resorption — the loss and reassimilation of bone material
- Indonesian: resorpsi — the loss and reassimilation of bone material
- Polish: resorpcja — the loss and reassimilation of bone material
- Polish: wchłanianie — the loss and reassimilation of bone material
- Portuguese: ressorção — the loss and reassimilation of bone material