resorption

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resorption - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]

resorption - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  resorption
      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]