resorb

(ri sôrb, -zôrb)

transitive verb

to absorb again

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

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See resorb in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb re·sorbed, re·sorb·ing, re·sorbs
verb, transitive
  1. To absorb again.
  2. 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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