resorption

See also: Resorption and résorption

English

Noun

resorption (countable and uncountable, plural resorptions)

1. The act of resorbing.
2. The redissolving, wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed.
3. (medicine) The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material.

Derived terms

• bioresorption
• hyperresorption

Translations

the loss and reassimilation of bone material

Dutch: resorptie (nl) f French: résorption (fr) f German: Resorption f Indonesian: resorpsi (id) Polish: resorpcja (pl) f, wchłanianie (pl) n Portuguese: ressorção f

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