resorption : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: resorption	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for resorption
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
resorption n the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation Synonym(s): resorption, reabsorption
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resorption \Resorp"tion\ (r?s?rp"sh?n), n. The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resorption \Resorp"tion\ (r[esl]s[ocir]rp"sh[ucr]n), n. (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.