resorption
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re·sorp·tion
(rē-sôrp'shən, -zôrp'-) 
n.
The act or process of resorbing.
n.
The act or process of resorbing.
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
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re·sorp·tion
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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resorption
1. the lysis and assimilation of a substance, as of bone or fetus.
2. reabsorption.
- r.–formation sequence — while bones are being formed for the first time the sequence is formation followed by resorption and modeling; in remodeling of an existing bone resorption occurs first and is then followed by bone formation.
- r. lacuna — concavities in bone created by osteoclasts.
- r. space — a continuous series of resoption lacunae.
Mosby's Dental Dictionary:
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resorption
(rē-zôrp′shən)
n
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1. loss of substance (bone) by physiologic or pathologic means; the reduction of the volume and size of the residual alveolar portion of the mandible or maxillae. n 2. the cementoclastic and dentinoclastic action that often takes place on the root of a replanted tooth.
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