English Explanatory Dictionary

resorption

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

resorption resorptions

Derived words

bioresorption hyperresorption
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