resorption
About 1.71 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act of resorbing.
- noun The redissolving, wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed.
- noun The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material.
Similar words
amelioration clearance removal reduction elimination absorption osteoclastic reabsorption reuptake incorporation
Often followed by
of and in is by or may from was
Word family
resorptions resorptive
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