'Resorption' definitions:
Definition of 'resorption'
(from WordNet)
noun
The organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation [syn: resorption, reabsorption]
Definition of 'Resorption'
From: GCIDE
- Resorption \Re*sorp"tion\ (r?*s?rp"sh?n), n.
- 1. The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Petrography) The redissolving wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed. The dissolved material may again solidify, giving rise to a mass of small crystals, usually of a different kind. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]