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Definition of Resorption

1. Noun. The organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation.

Definition of Resorption

1. n. The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.

2. n. 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.

Definition of Resorption

1. Noun. The act of resorbing ¹

2. Noun. (medicine) The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material ¹

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Definition of Resorption

1. sorption [n -S] - See also: sorption

Medical Definition of Resorption

1. The loss of substance through physiologic or pathologic means, such as loss of dentin and cementum of a tooth or of the alveolar process of the mandible or maxilla. Origin: L. Resorbere = to swallow again (10 Mar 1998)

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