resorb

v., -sorbed, -sorb·ing, -sorbs.

v.tr.

1. To absorb again.
2. Biology. To dissolve and assimilate (bone tissue, for example).

v.intr.

To undergo resorption.

[Latin resorbēre, to suck back : re-, re- + sorbēre, to suck up.]

(rē-sôrb', -zôrb')
v., -sorbed, -sorb·ing, -sorbs.

1. To absorb again.
2. To dissolve and assimilate such things as bone tissue.

To take up or absorb again; to undergo resorption.

1) to absorb again: reabsorb 2) Biol. to dissolve and assimilate

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: undergo resorption
  Synonym: reabsorb

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