resorption — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of resorbing.

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   Synonyms

   resorbence

2. The redissolving, wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed.

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3. The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material.

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   […] there has been recognition that porosity of the orbital roofs and cranial vault may arise due to a variety of different causes. These include rickets and scurvy, where it occurs due to different pathophysiological mechanisms[…]. In vitamin D deficiency, it arises as a result of deficient mineralization of the growing bone surface, in scurvy as a result of deposition of porous new bone and/or vascular inflammatory response; versus diploic hyperplasia coupled with resorption of overlying cortical bone in anemia.

Noun

1. the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation

   Synonyms

   reabsorption

   Broader terms

   organic processbiological process