resorb
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re·sorb
(rē-sôrb', -zôrb') 
v., -sorbed, -sorb·ing, -sorbs. v.tr.
To undergo resorption.
v., -sorbed, -sorb·ing, -sorbs. v.tr.
- To absorb again.
- Biology. To dissolve and assimilate (bone tissue, for example).
To undergo resorption.
[Latin resorbēre, to suck back : re-, re- + sorbēre, to suck up.]
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(rē-sôrb', -zôrb')
v., -sorbed, -sorb·ing, -sorbs.
v., -sorbed, -sorb·ing, -sorbs.
- To absorb again.
- To dissolve and assimilate such things as bone tissue.
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to absorb again.
—resorbent adj.; resorption n.; resorptive adj.
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