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Definition of Resorb
1. Verb. Undergo resorption.
Definition of Resorb
1. v. t. To swallow up.
Definition of Resorb
1. Verb. (transitive) to absorb (something) again ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) to undergo resorption ¹
3. Verb. (biology transitive) to dissolve something (as for example bone, sinew, or suture) and assimilate it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Resorb
1. to absorb again [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Resorb
1. Literally, to absorb again. To lose substance. Some of a tooth may be resorbed. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resorb
Literary usage of Resorb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1887)
"... to extract or ' resorb ' the poison; (2) by muttering spells; (3) by the use
of drugs as emetics or purgatives. We find some reference to these methods ..."
2. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"... that is to convert it into a solution; and (2) to resorb the digested food,
that is to forward it to the tissues by the blood and lymph vessels. ..."
3. Journal of the Pali Text Society by Pali Text Society (1884)
"... mean 'to resorb,' and must belong to <Jcam, though we find them written ...
(1) by causing the offending reptile to extract or ' resorb ' the poison ..."
4. Publications by Pali Text Society (London, England), Athenian society (London, England) (1884)
"... mean ' to resorb,' and must belong to <Jcam, though we find them written ...
(1) by causing the offending reptile to extract or ' resorb ' the poison; ..."
5. Autoplastic Bone Surgery by Charles Davison, Franklin D. Smith (1916)
"Kölliker and Jackson believe that the cells actively resorb the matrix. ...
thinks that the osteoclasts resorb the bone matrix and ingest the bone cells. ..."
6. Diseases of the ear in childhood: By Dr. Gustav Alexander, Tr. by Arthur J by Gustav Alexander, Arthur Joseph Bedell (1914)
"Injections of medicated fluids through the catheter and the tube into the middle
ear are intended to stretch, soften, and eventually resorb the adhesions. ..."
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