Resorb Definition

rē-zôrb, -sôrb
resorbs
verb
resorbs
To absorb again.
Webster's New World
To dissolve and assimilate (bone tissue, for example).
American Heritage
To undergo resorption.
American Heritage Medicine
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Origin of Resorb

  • Latin resorbēre to suck back re- re- sorbēre to suck up

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin resorbere, from re- (“again") + sorbere (“to suck in").

    From Wiktionary

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