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Noun: resorption  ree'zorp-shun
  1. The organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
    - reabsorption

Derived forms: resorptions

Type of: biological process, organic process

Encyclopedia: Resorption