reabsorption

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reabsorption - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Reabsorption \Re`ab*sorp"tion\ (r[=e]`[a^]b*s[^o]rp"sh[u^]n), n.
     The act or process of reabsorbing.
     [1913 Webster]

reabsorption - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  reabsorption
      n 1: 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]