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(ri sôrb′, -zôrb′)

transitive verb

to absorb again

Origin: L resorbere < re-, again + sorbere, to suck up: see slurp

Related Forms:

resorption noun
resorptive adjective

See resorb in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·sorbed, re·sorb·ing, re·sorbs

verb, transitive

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

verb, intransitive

To undergo resorption.

Origin:

Origin: Latin resorbēre, to suck back

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + sorbēre, to suck up

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