2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 [syn: {reabsorption}]
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